1. There was
an announcement todayCopy !req
2. of a breakthroughCopy !req
3. at the Institute
for Extraspatial Studies.Copy !req
4. Researchers there have learnedCopy !req
5. of new energy sources
found in previouslyCopy !req
6. unknown dimensions.Copy !req
7. Tonight,
on the Benny Anger Show.Copy !req
8. Citing rising tensions
with the Soviet Union,Copy !req
9. scientists have moved
the Doomsday ClockCopy !req
10. to 60 seconds to midnight.Copy !req
11. Are we truly so close
to nuclear annihilation?Copy !req
12. But first, we ask
the average citizen,Copy !req
13. "Is America ready for war?"Copy !req
14. So The GazetteCopy !req
15. has this nuclear-attack
procedure article.Copy !req
16. It says dead family members
should be wrappedCopy !req
17. in garbage bagsCopy !req
18. and placed outside
for collection.Copy !req
19. It sounds like
America getting ready for warCopy !req
20. means Americans
getting ready to die.Copy !req
21. Getting ready to die.Copy !req
22. It's beautiful work.Copy !req
23. I hope that ship
keeps it properly refrigeratedCopy !req
24. on its voyage.Copy !req
25. If it decays...Copy !req
26. It's plenty cold
where it's headed.Copy !req
27. After two years
on this godforsaken islandCopy !req
28. creating the thing,
he'll make sureCopy !req
29. it doesn't spoil
before the big reveal.Copy !req
30. But, Ms. Manish,Copy !req
31. I thought you'd be glad to see
the back of that damn thing,Copy !req
32. not sketching the front.Copy !req
33. Well, Mr. Shea,Copy !req
34. I just wanted
some final sketchesCopy !req
35. of the facial assembly,Copy !req
36. especially that amazing
beak structure.Copy !req
37. "Amazing"?Copy !req
38. You sound like
the scientists down there.Copy !req
39. So caught up
in their own accomplishment,Copy !req
40. blind to the horror
of this monstrosityCopy !req
41. we dreamed up,Copy !req
42. this nightmare they made real.Copy !req
43. For one man's vision,Copy !req
44. we've all gone through hell
and back.Copy !req
45. But can we go back?Copy !req
46. Think he'll let us off
this island?Copy !req
47. We signed
the non-disclosure agreement,Copy !req
48. we've been well compensated.Copy !req
49. And our ship to the mainland
will be here in a few days.Copy !req
50. Why such dark thoughts, Max?Copy !req
51. Oh, well, yeah.
I'm sure you're right.Copy !req
52. I guess in all this business,Copy !req
53. there are more than a few
uncomfortable parallelsCopy !req
54. to an old comic book story
I wrote.Copy !req
55. A vile little yarn from
Tales of The Black Freighter.Copy !req
56. Adrift and starving,Copy !req
57. my darkest imaginings
welled up unchecked,Copy !req
58. spilling from brain to heart
like black ink.Copy !req
59. Taxi!Copy !req
60. I imagine DavidstownCopy !req
61. overrun by The Freighter's
tattooed fiends.Copy !req
62. My wife was almost
certainly dead.Copy !req
63. I remembered her
and my beautiful daughtersCopy !req
64. waving goodbye
from the verandah.Copy !req
65. Glad my Rosa
ain't alive to see this.Copy !req
66. All now dead.Copy !req
67. Everything's going to hell.Copy !req
68. - Look at this. Look at this...
- Mm.Copy !req
69. I imaginedCopy !req
70. my shipmates'
bloated corpses...Copy !req
71. Doc Manhattan
leaves the planet...Copy !req
72. and the putrefying shark...Copy !req
73. Russians
on the warpath.Copy !req
74. carrying
my raft to oblivion.Copy !req
75. - Ozymandias attacked...
- All dead.Copy !req
76. I tell ya.Copy !req
77. It all reads like headlines
from ten years ago,Copy !req
78. before they banned
all the masked avengers in '77.Copy !req
79. Hey, speaking of,
you see this Rorschach item?Copy !req
80. They finally caught him
last week.Copy !req
81. Turns out
he was a customer here, huh?Copy !req
82. Ror... I mean, Walter Kovacs?
Interesting.Copy !req
83. Incredible, right?Copy !req
84. - Thank you.
- Yeah.Copy !req
85. Makes you wonderCopy !req
86. what makes a guy
like Rorschach tick?Copy !req
87. Could probably go off
at any second.Copy !req
88. Faced with
horrors both intolerableCopy !req
89. and unavoidable,Copy !req
90. I chose madness.Copy !req
91. Hey, settle it down.Copy !req
92. Hey, Rorschach.Copy !req
93. You're pretty famous
around here.Copy !req
94. I'd sure like
to get your autograph.Copy !req
95. I got a pen right here.Copy !req
96. Get that asshole! Kill him!Copy !req
97. Come here, you son of a...Copy !req
98. Get him!Copy !req
99. Rip this guy apart!Copy !req
100. It's payback time,
Rorschach.Copy !req
101. Kill him!Copy !req
102. Enough, Kovacs.Copy !req
103. Down on the ground!Copy !req
104. Got him pinned!
Call for backup.Copy !req
105. This place is about to explode.Copy !req
106. Get that motherfucker!Copy !req
107. You're dead, Rorschach. Dead!Copy !req
108. None of you understand.Copy !req
109. I'm not locked up
in here with you.Copy !req
110. You're locked up
in here with me.Copy !req
111. Dan?Copy !req
112. Uh, Dan?Copy !req
113. Dan, are you down here?Copy !req
114. Oh, my...Copy !req
115. Wow.Copy !req
116. Whoa!Copy !req
117. Shit!Copy !req
118. - Laurie? Laurie? Laurie!
- Dan!Copy !req
119. - Laurie?
- Dan!Copy !req
120. - Laurie!
- Dan!Copy !req
121. Jesus!Copy !req
122. Hold on.Copy !req
123. Laurie,
are you okay?Copy !req
124. I am so sorry.Copy !req
125. I was looking for you,
and... and...Copy !req
126. No, no. I was...
I was just in the...Copy !req
127. Are you... are you okay?Copy !req
128. I think I accidentally
hit a button in your...Copy !req
129. I was... I was just tinkering
with Archie earlier,Copy !req
130. - and I left him on...
- I'm sorry. Archie?Copy !req
131. Yeah.
The Owl Ship.Copy !req
132. It doesn't... it doesn't...
Are you hurt?Copy !req
133. Really...Copy !req
134. - Oh.
- I'm fine.Copy !req
135. Sorry. Um...Copy !req
136. I've... Well...
I've been a little...Copy !req
137. on edge lately.Copy !req
138. I wasn't going to say it.Copy !req
139. I mean, since you've been
letting me live here all week.Copy !req
140. But, yeah,Copy !req
141. you've been
jumping at shadows.Copy !req
142. I guess I didn't want
to talk about it.Copy !req
143. It's just...Copy !req
144. After the Comedian died,Copy !req
145. Jon, Adrian, and Rorschach
were attacked within days.Copy !req
146. I'm starting to worry...Copy !req
147. You're not taking Rorschach's
mask-killer nonsense seriously,Copy !req
148. - are you?
- Well, um...Copy !req
149. Oh, no.Copy !req
150. Oh, Dan. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
151. No, no. It's... it's fine.Copy !req
152. Had some good times
in this suit, but...Copy !req
153. those times went up in smoke
a long time ago.Copy !req
154. You miss those times?Copy !req
155. Nah.Copy !req
156. Looking back, it was all just
embarrassing, really.Copy !req
157. A school kid's fantasy.Copy !req
158. Well, at least you were
living out your own fantasies.Copy !req
159. I was living out my mother's.Copy !req
160. Well, in a way, I mean,
my dreams were kind of forgedCopy !req
161. by the adventures
of the Minutemen.Copy !req
162. I idolized Hollis,Copy !req
163. which defied
my father's plans for me.Copy !req
164. Ooh! Do tell.Copy !req
165. Well... Dad was pushing me
to follow him into banking,Copy !req
166. but I preferred
keeping scorecardsCopy !req
167. on crime fighters
over currency.Copy !req
168. Still, he kept me focused,
and I made it into Harvard.Copy !req
169. I was majoring in aeronautics
and zoology when he died.Copy !req
170. And he left me
with a lot of money.Copy !req
171. With no one around
to talk me out of it,Copy !req
172. this happened.Copy !req
173. You made your dreams real.Copy !req
174. A dream made realCopy !req
175. just becomes another
messy reality, doesn't it?Copy !req
176. But, yeah,Copy !req
177. when I was in the moment,
I made it my own.Copy !req
178. I think we both
made it our own.Copy !req
179. See that souvenir case?Copy !req
180. I was keeping my own scorecardCopy !req
181. separate from Hollis'
Nite Owl adventures.Copy !req
182. I was writing
my own future history.Copy !req
183. Well, I couldn't wait to ditch
all that stuffCopy !req
184. from my adventuring days.Copy !req
185. As you can probably tell,
my two boxes of belongingsCopy !req
186. that just arrived
from the Rockefeller eviction.Copy !req
187. Honestly, I'm surprised
they botheredCopy !req
188. to send me anything
after... our separation.Copy !req
189. Do you miss Jon?Copy !req
190. I keep thinking I should.Copy !req
191. Even when I was with him,
he was never really thereCopy !req
192. unlike all
the government agentsCopy !req
193. keeping tabs on us.Copy !req
194. On how I kept Jon happy.Copy !req
195. But, hey, I could only dream
about what you've got here.Copy !req
196. You're lucky to be on your own
with your privacy intact.Copy !req
197. Yeah...Copy !req
198. Lucky.Copy !req
199. Just another
messy reality, huh?Copy !req
200. Is there any other kind?Copy !req
201. And these days it feels likeCopy !req
202. reality is crashing down
around us all.Copy !req
203. Now you sound
like Rorschach again.Copy !req
204. Dan, his mask-killer theory
doesn't hold up.Copy !req
205. Jon left Earth
of his own free will.Copy !req
206. Rorschach was caught red-handed
committing murder.Copy !req
207. Where's the conspiracy?Copy !req
208. It's not like Rorschach
to just shoot someone.Copy !req
209. Too easy.Copy !req
210. And those events
timed so closelyCopy !req
211. to the attack on AdrianCopy !req
212. and the murder of the Comedian,
too coincidental.Copy !req
213. Rorschach was on to it
from day one.Copy !req
214. Look, I know that mask
has eaten his brainsCopy !req
215. over the years,Copy !req
216. but we worked together.Copy !req
217. Rorschach was alwaysCopy !req
218. a brilliant investigator
and tactician.Copy !req
219. So, I can't help but wonderCopy !req
220. if he found any evidence
that links all these events.Copy !req
221. I just wish I could find out
what's in his head.Copy !req
222. Okay, Walter.Copy !req
223. Now, I guess you know
what this is?Copy !req
224. I want you to look at it
and tell me what you see.Copy !req
225. Will you look at it, Walter?Copy !req
226. Will you do that for me?Copy !req
227. What can you see?Copy !req
228. A pretty bird.Copy !req
229. That's great.Copy !req
230. Let's try another, shall we?Copy !req
231. What do you see?Copy !req
232. - A pretty butterfly.
- Wonderful, Walter.Copy !req
233. This is going so well
for our first session.Copy !req
234. This really helps me to speakCopy !req
235. to your psychological fitness
for your trial.Copy !req
236. Let's keep going.Copy !req
237. What do you see on this card?Copy !req
238. And feel free to describeCopy !req
239. all the images
that come to mind.Copy !req
240. Oh, yes!Copy !req
241. Hey! Get lost, you little shit!Copy !req
242. He ain't paying
to see your ugly face.Copy !req
243. Where are you going, whoreson?Copy !req
244. Don't touch him!Copy !req
245. Son of a bitch
probably got diseases.Copy !req
246. That true, whoreson...Copy !req
247. Get off!Copy !req
248. Well, Walter?Copy !req
249. What do you make of it?Copy !req
250. You keep calling me Walter.Copy !req
251. I don't like you.Copy !req
252. Uh...
you don't like me?Copy !req
253. Fat, wealthy.Copy !req
254. Think you understand pain.Copy !req
255. I'll tell you
about pain, Doctor.Copy !req
256. I'll tell you about...Copy !req
257. Rorschach.Copy !req
258. Born by the mistake
of a whore,Copy !req
259. ward of state by age ten.Copy !req
260. After mother was murdered,
only one childhood regret.Copy !req
261. Not being there
to spit on her remains.Copy !req
262. Became manual worker
in garment industry,Copy !req
263. received special order
for a dressCopy !req
264. in new Doctor Manhattan
spin-off fabric.Copy !req
265. Viscous fluids
between latex layers,Copy !req
266. heat and pressure sensitive.Copy !req
267. Customer, Kitty Genovese,
never collected order.Copy !req
268. Didn't know why.Copy !req
269. Black and white,
changing shape but not mixing.Copy !req
270. No gray.Copy !req
271. Very, very beautiful.Copy !req
272. Next day, learned
Kitty Genovese was murdered.Copy !req
273. Raped and killed
outside her own apartment.Copy !req
274. Nearly 40 neighbors
heard screams.Copy !req
275. Nobody did anything.
Nobody called cops.Copy !req
276. Some of them even watched.Copy !req
277. They watched!Copy !req
278. That's when I knew
what people wereCopy !req
279. behind all the self-deception.Copy !req
280. Ashamed for humanity,
I went home.Copy !req
281. Took Kitty's unwanted dressCopy !req
282. and made a face
I could bear to look atCopy !req
283. in the mirror.Copy !req
284. 1975, worked kidnap case.Copy !req
285. Blair Roache. Six years old.Copy !req
286. Questioned informants.Copy !req
287. One bled answers.Copy !req
288. An address.Copy !req
289. Disused dressmaker's
in Brooklyn.Copy !req
290. I was just Kovacs, then.
Pretending to be Rorschach.Copy !req
291. Naive. Soft.
Didn't understand.Copy !req
292. Until I found her.Copy !req
293. Nothing left but pieces.
Ashes in stove.Copy !req
294. Blood on chopping block.
Bones for dogs.Copy !req
295. She was consumed by evil.Copy !req
296. Never had a chance.
Neither did Kovacs.Copy !req
297. Finally understanding
man's true capacity for horror,Copy !req
298. Kovacs closed his eyes.Copy !req
299. It was Rorschach
who opened them again.Copy !req
300. Put dogs down easy.
They didn't know better.Copy !req
301. Gerald Grice did.Copy !req
302. What... No. Hey!Copy !req
303. Put him down hard.Copy !req
304. I told you I didn't
do nothing to that girl.Copy !req
305. You have nothing on me.Copy !req
306. Come on, man.
What are you doing?Copy !req
307. What is this?Copy !req
308. Don't bother
sawing through handcuffs.Copy !req
309. - Never make it in time.
- Oh, my God. You're crazy!Copy !req
310. What... what,
you're gonna burn me?Copy !req
311. You can't do this.
Stop! No! Oh, God! No!Copy !req
312. No! No!Copy !req
313. Once a man
has seen,Copy !req
314. he can never
turn his back on it,Copy !req
315. never pretend
it doesn't exist,Copy !req
316. no matter who orders him
to look away.Copy !req
317. I do not do this thing
because it is permitted.Copy !req
318. I do it because I have to.Copy !req
319. I do it because I am compelled.Copy !req
320. I... I see.Copy !req
321. No. You don't.Copy !req
322. But have patience, Doctor.Copy !req
323. You will.Copy !req
324. How does Adrian do it?Copy !req
325. He's barely older than I am,
but he's in better shape nowCopy !req
326. than I ever was
in my Nite Owl days.Copy !req
327. Back when he retired
from being Ozymandias,Copy !req
328. he had me and Jon up to visit
his Grand Antarctic retreat.Copy !req
329. Such a show-off.Copy !req
330. You visited Karnak?
Did... did you see Bubastis?Copy !req
331. Yeah. He sent me offCopy !req
332. to go play with his
overgrown house cat.Copy !req
333. Genetically modified lynx, actually.Copy !req
334. Fascinating.Copy !req
335. The only fascination there
was between Jon and Adrian.Copy !req
336. They talked endlessly.Copy !req
337. He uses
his Veidt Enterprises fortuneCopy !req
338. to advance science.Copy !req
339. - Nauseating.
- And fund charities.Copy !req
340. He makes it seem so easy.Copy !req
341. He retired from one fantasy
and just... built another.Copy !req
342. He was... just born
with the answerCopy !req
343. that no money or power
or a family can give you.Copy !req
344. Answer to what?Copy !req
345. After taking off the mask,Copy !req
346. who are you?Copy !req
347. Well, here's to Adrian,
the man with the answers.Copy !req
348. Ugh.Copy !req
349. Hey, what...
what's in your pocket?Copy !req
350. Oh, I, uh...
rescued these from the fire.Copy !req
351. My spare Owl Goggles.
Where were they?Copy !req
352. In, uh... Archie.Copy !req
353. - Archie?
- Well, nice that you two are so familiarCopy !req
354. after teaming up
to destroy my secret lair.Copy !req
355. Here. Try them on.
Experience my Owl Vision.Copy !req
356. No matter how black it gets,Copy !req
357. when you look through these,
everything is clear as day.Copy !req
358. Why, Mr. Dreiberg...Copy !req
359. You're ravishing.Copy !req
360. Oh, they must be broken.
Let me look...Copy !req
361. I can't get the... No,
got it. Sorry.Copy !req
362. I'm... so sorry. It's not you.Copy !req
363. - It's just...
- Hey, relax. It's okay.Copy !req
364. - No, you deserve better.
- Dan...Copy !req
365. - I mean, I really want this.
- It doesn't matter.Copy !req
366. I know how it is
when something's not right.Copy !req
367. We'll just sleep now. Okay?Copy !req
368. Just sleep.Copy !req
369. Coming up
on the eleven o'clock news.Copy !req
370. Russian forces
push further into Afghanistan.Copy !req
371. And Pakistan calls on the US
to intervene,Copy !req
372. but Russia claims to be
merely securing her borders.Copy !req
373. We also have a special report
on noted author Max Shea,Copy !req
374. who mysteriously vanished
two years ago.Copy !req
375. Hear why investigators'
search for cluesCopy !req
376. has ended in failure.Copy !req
377. Well, well, well.Copy !req
378. Hey there, Rorschach.Copy !req
379. It's been a long time.Copy !req
380. Big Figure. Small world.Copy !req
381. "Small world." I like that.Copy !req
382. You know, after 20 years,Copy !req
383. I guess you thought
you could forget aboutCopy !req
384. what you did to me.Copy !req
385. You and that fucking Owl guy.Copy !req
386. Funny how these thingsCopy !req
387. come back to haunt us
though, huh?Copy !req
388. Speaking of, that guy
you burned is dying.Copy !req
389. Maybe tomorrow,
maybe the next day.Copy !req
390. But see, he had
lots of friends around here.Copy !req
391. And when he dies,Copy !req
392. this place blows
and then you die...Copy !req
393. by inches.Copy !req
394. Tall order.Copy !req
395. Smart ass!Copy !req
396. Gonna tear this guy
a new hole right now.Copy !req
397. Hey, hey, hey. No hurry.Copy !req
398. I've waited 20 years.Copy !req
399. He'll get his soon enough.
And nobody's gonna care.Copy !req
400. I hear even his shrink
resigned today.Copy !req
401. You're alone in the valley
of the shadow, Rorschach,Copy !req
402. where your past
has a long reach.Copy !req
403. And the only thing
between you and itCopy !req
404. is one... crummy... lock.Copy !req
405. Think about it.Copy !req
406. You okay?Copy !req
407. Bad dreams.
Bad realities.Copy !req
408. I hope it's not
what happened earlier.Copy !req
409. It's the mask-killer thing.Copy !req
410. Four of us taken down,Copy !req
411. war looming on the horizon,Copy !req
412. I'm... terrified
it's all connectedCopy !req
413. and the worst
is yet to come.Copy !req
414. And I can't do anything
to stop it.Copy !req
415. It all just
makes me feel so...Copy !req
416. so... impotent.Copy !req
417. So, I ran down here.Copy !req
418. For all the good that did.Copy !req
419. It's not like
taking the ship outCopy !req
420. can set things straight.Copy !req
421. Why not?Copy !req
422. You're serious?Copy !req
423. I used to be a masked
avenger too, remember.Copy !req
424. I'm used to going out
at 3:00 in the morningCopy !req
425. and doing something stupid.Copy !req
426. Wait, I... I burned
your suit, remember?Copy !req
427. Spare goggles,
spare suit.Copy !req
428. - Dan?
- Mm-hm?Copy !req
429. I'm ready.Copy !req
430. Let's go.Copy !req
431. Hope we don't get caught.Copy !req
432. Whoa!Copy !req
433. This is great.
Really great.Copy !req
434. Dan, trouble on your right.Copy !req
435. Hold on!Copy !req
436. Building looks clear.Copy !req
437. No, wait.Copy !req
438. - There!
- Somebody, please!Copy !req
439. Looks like four adults.
Can we pick them up?Copy !req
440. Already on it!Copy !req
441. Please stay calm.Copy !req
442. We're here to rescue you.Copy !req
443. Step back from the window.Copy !req
444. Madre de Dios!Copy !req
445. Mother of God is right.Copy !req
446. Oh, I'm an entirely
different Spectre.Copy !req
447. And certainly
nobody's mother.Copy !req
448. Vamonos, por favor.Copy !req
449. Let's go.Copy !req
450. - Gracias.
- Thanks.Copy !req
451. - Welcome aboard.
- Hey!Copy !req
452. You're that... Owl guy.Copy !req
453. Who?Copy !req
454. Dark Owl!Copy !req
455. Who wants to hear
some music?Copy !req
456. Oh!Copy !req
457. - Salud.
- Thanks.Copy !req
458. Gracias.Copy !req
459. What the hell just happened?Copy !req
460. Did that just happen?Copy !req
461. You do know
they might lock us upCopy !req
462. with Rorschach for this.Copy !req
463. Yeah.Copy !req
464. And World War III
might start tomorrow.Copy !req
465. Dan!Copy !req
466. - Tonight was good.
- It was.Copy !req
467. I'd hoped tonight might wake
something inside you.Copy !req
468. Oh, it did.Copy !req
469. Insatiable, huh?Copy !req
470. So, what should we do next?Copy !req
471. We... should spring Rorschach.Copy !req
472. What?Copy !req
473. In my ravings,Copy !req
474. desperate for company,Copy !req
475. I conversed
with my perished shipmates.Copy !req
476. Their voices spoke
from beneath the raft.Copy !req
477. The conversation
of the dead, dreary...Copy !req
478. Oh, man.
Ten days to nuclear war, Derf.Copy !req
479. - ... bitter.
- That's what they said on TV.Copy !req
480. endlessly sad.Copy !req
481. Oh, Jesus, Derf,
just get me some Katies,Copy !req
482. so I can get high, man.Copy !req
483. Interminable
bad news from mouthsCopy !req
484. wherein the little fishes dart.Copy !req
485. It's that Manhattan guy
who brought this down on us.Copy !req
486. Oh! The new papers
just arrived.Copy !req
487. There's a riot at the prison.Copy !req
488. - Give me that!
- Whoa! Hey!Copy !req
489. We got friends there.Copy !req
490. "Vigilante sparks prison riot.
Five dead."Copy !req
491. Rorschach again.Copy !req
492. Making headlinesCopy !req
493. after some other heroes
made the newsCopy !req
494. for the tenement fire rescue.Copy !req
495. Goddamn masks!Copy !req
496. Come on.
Let's round up the guys.Copy !req
497. There's gonna be hell
to pay for this.Copy !req
498. If I didn't know any better,
I'd say it was all connected.Copy !req
499. We talked together,Copy !req
500. my rotted fellows and ICopy !req
501. of life...Copy !req
502. A news vendor
senses these things.Copy !req
503. and endings...Copy !req
504. It all spells trouble.Copy !req
505. of the terrible sentenceCopy !req
506. upon us all.Copy !req
507. We'll get murdered in the chaos
by cops or criminals.Copy !req
508. - Either way...
- No, wait. Look.Copy !req
509. We'd already planned
on distracting the guards.Copy !req
510. The prison riot
does the job for us.Copy !req
511. I can tune into
police radio chatter,Copy !req
512. and we'll get
up-to-the-minute intelCopy !req
513. on positions and strategies.Copy !req
514. This is our ticket inside.Copy !req
515. He is a homicidal maniacCopy !req
516. you hope will validate
this long-shot theory of yours.Copy !req
517. Is busting out Rorschach
really worth risking our butts?Copy !req
518. Mm.Copy !req
519. Your butt's in safe hands.Copy !req
520. If not, I'll be kicking yours.Copy !req
521. Hollis?Copy !req
522. Oh, just thought I'd check in
after you missedCopy !req
523. our beer session
the other night.Copy !req
524. I'm sorry, Hollis.Copy !req
525. I just got caught up
in a book. Dozed off.Copy !req
526. Coffee?Copy !req
527. Sure.Copy !req
528. So... seen the news lately?Copy !req
529. Can't miss the headlinesCopy !req
530. about this war
they say is coming.Copy !req
531. There was a smaller story
yesterdayCopy !req
532. about a tenement fire,Copy !req
533. and a highly unusual rescue.Copy !req
534. Nope. Nope.Copy !req
535. - Nope.
- Now, wait.Copy !req
536. - Ah-ha.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.Copy !req
537. You're saying Dr. ManhattanCopy !req
538. leaving the planet
was orchestrated?Copy !req
539. Timed between the attacksCopy !req
540. on Blake, Adrian,
and Rorschach, yes.Copy !req
541. It's too coincidental.Copy !req
542. The cancer-scare media assault
on Jon had to be manufactured.Copy !req
543. Laurie lived with him,Copy !req
544. and she never
contracted cancer.Copy !req
545. But I did some digging.Copy !req
546. The cancer victims
mentioned in Nova ExpressCopy !req
547. were all employed at some point
by the same company.Copy !req
548. Again, too coincidental.Copy !req
549. I think somebody used
these specific peopleCopy !req
550. and the press
to prompt Jon's exile,Copy !req
551. and I think it's part of a planCopy !req
552. to start World War III.Copy !req
553. Whoa!
That's a long-shot theory.Copy !req
554. Laurie said as much, too.Copy !req
555. And this company,
connecting the cancer victims,Copy !req
556. who are they?Copy !req
557. And how do they connectCopy !req
558. to Blake, Adrian,
and Rorschach?Copy !req
559. The company's called
Dimensional Developments.Copy !req
560. Beyond the name,
I've hit a wallCopy !req
561. investigating their corporate structure.Copy !req
562. What about Adrian?Copy !req
563. He's connected
to the corporate worldCopy !req
564. and would certainly
be motivated to help.Copy !req
565. Without stronger evidence,Copy !req
566. sharing this conspiracy theory
with a man in his positionCopy !req
567. might put him
in a compromising situation.Copy !req
568. I mean, he... he might
have to report us, but...Copy !req
569. but I'm working another leadCopy !req
570. that, uh, should break loose
very soon.Copy !req
571. I'm sure
you'll crack the case, kid.Copy !req
572. I believe in you.Copy !req
573. And thanks
for sharing the details.Copy !req
574. Mm.Copy !req
575. It feels like
the old days again.Copy !req
576. Hey, we Nite Owls
have to stick together.Copy !req
577. Well, that's why
I paid a visit, Dan.Copy !req
578. If I can figure out
who made the rescueCopy !req
579. at the tenement fire,Copy !req
580. so can the police.Copy !req
581. Crap. We're out of time.Copy !req
582. Well, no going back now.Copy !req
583. If we don't crack this case,Copy !req
584. there may be no going back
for any of us.Copy !req
585. Go, go, go.
We got shots fired.Copy !req
586. Officer down!
South-west corner!Copy !req
587. Surrender,
or you will be fired on!Copy !req
588. Aren't you glad
they keep you in solitary?Copy !req
589. Now our reunion
won't be interruptedCopy !req
590. by the mob out there.Copy !req
591. Lawrence, hurry up
with the arc welder.Copy !req
592. What's the matter, Rorschach?
Too warm in there?Copy !req
593. Well, it's gonna get
plenty warmer.Copy !req
594. Yeah. You notice how,
all of a sudden,Copy !req
595. he ain't giving you no,
"tall order, small world" shit?Copy !req
596. Maybe he figured out
once we cut through these bars,Copy !req
597. we're gonna make him
a little shorter.Copy !req
598. Fat chance.Copy !req
599. Fat? You lousy bastard!Copy !req
600. We got a jail full of guys
out here who hate your guts.Copy !req
601. What have you got?Copy !req
602. Your arms.Copy !req
603. Hey! What the hell?Copy !req
604. Lawrence, you stupid
son of a bitch!Copy !req
605. Now we can't get to the lock.Copy !req
606. Sorry, Figure.Copy !req
607. Michael can still cut
through the bars.Copy !req
608. That'll take too long.Copy !req
609. This riot won't last,Copy !req
610. and I don't want
to be interrupted.Copy !req
611. - Sorry, Lawrence...
- No!Copy !req
612. but you're in the way
of my revenge.Copy !req
613. - No, boss!
- Michael, cut through him.Copy !req
614. - No, no, wait!
- Nothing personal, Larry.Copy !req
615. Wait! Hey!Copy !req
616. One-nothing.Copy !req
617. Your move.Copy !req
618. Come and get me.Copy !req
619. That thing
ain't one of ours.Copy !req
620. Open fire!Copy !req
621. Land your aircraft
or we will use deadly force.Copy !req
622. Police radio says this area
is controlled by prisoners.Copy !req
623. Ear plugs in.
Hitting the screechers.Copy !req
624. Ugh!Copy !req
625. Shoot that thing down!Copy !req
626. Hurry up with that lock.Copy !req
627. I wanna smell
this son of a bitch cooking.Copy !req
628. Then I'm gonna carve him up
like a Thanksgiving turkey.Copy !req
629. We're in.Copy !req
630. Look at himCopy !req
631. climbing up onto his bed
like a scared kid.Copy !req
632. We got you now,
you little bastard.Copy !req
633. Never disposed of sewage
with toilet before.Copy !req
634. Obvious, really.Copy !req
635. Two-nothing.Copy !req
636. Your move.Copy !req
637. How will we find him
in all of this?Copy !req
638. Assuming he's not dead.Copy !req
639. He attracts this horror
and madness.Copy !req
640. This is where he lives.Copy !req
641. Help! Somebody
get this guy! Help!Copy !req
642. Hey, Rorschach!Copy !req
643. Hey!Copy !req
644. Help!Copy !req
645. Rorschach!Copy !req
646. Hey, man.
We came to bust you out.Copy !req
647. Excuse me.
I have to visit men's room.Copy !req
648. Oh, for Christ's sake!Copy !req
649. Well, when you gotta go,
you gotta go.Copy !req
650. Look,
we got masks in here!Copy !req
651. That's Nite Owl! Get 'em!Copy !req
652. Hey! We are trying
to stop a war!Copy !req
653. Um... guess I'm kind
of bitter about...Copy !req
654. losing the house.Copy !req
655. I better radio the ship.Copy !req
656. Did what had to be done.Copy !req
657. Can leave now.Copy !req
658. - Are you sure?
- This way.Copy !req
659. Did you wash your hands?Copy !req
660. Archie's
covering our exit.Copy !req
661. Did you flush?Copy !req
662. Flushed twice.Copy !req
663. A little clogged.Copy !req
664. Don't let them escape!Copy !req
665. Track them
with the lights!Copy !req
666. Land your aircraft now!Copy !req
667. I repeat!
Land your aircraft!Copy !req
668. Everybody
will be looking for us up here.Copy !req
669. I know a place to hide
and plan our next move.Copy !req
670. Good seeing you
in uniform, Daniel.Copy !req
671. Like old times.Copy !req
672. Never liked your uniform,
Ms. Juspeczyk.Copy !req
673. - Nothing personal.
- Ugh!Copy !req
674. Can't believe we agree
on something.Copy !req
675. Jesus.Copy !req
676. - Hello.
- Jon.Copy !req
677. They said you were on Mars.Copy !req
678. I am on Mars.Copy !req
679. We have a conversation
scheduled there.Copy !req
680. You're going to try
to convince meCopy !req
681. to save this world.Copy !req
682. To... I have to convince you?Copy !req
683. Jon, we really need your help
here on Earth.Copy !req
684. This is all
so deus ex machina.Copy !req
685. The god out of the machine.
Yes, I suppose it is.Copy !req
686. Nevertheless,Copy !req
687. an hour into the future,
we are on Mars talking.Copy !req
688. - Mars? We don't have time...
- Dan.Copy !req
689. I think
I'd better go with him.Copy !req
690. Maybe we'll find
a way out of this mess.Copy !req
691. I'll be okay.Copy !req
692. Laurie, wait.Copy !req
693. Take care.Copy !req
694. Pity they won't be
working with us.Copy !req
695. Yeah. Yeah, it is.Copy !req
696. Here we are.Copy !req
697. What do you think?Copy !req
698. Oh, of course. Forgive me.Copy !req
699. Sometimes these things
slip my mind.Copy !req
700. Are you okay?Copy !req
701. Jesus! Jon,
you stupid son of a...Copy !req
702. Holy shit.Copy !req
703. This is where
we debate Earth's destiny.Copy !req
704. Truly, life is hell...Copy !req
705. And death's rough hand,
our only deliverance.Copy !req
706. I would endure no more bubbling
dialogues from the dead.Copy !req
707. No more ramblings
of damnation.Copy !req
708. No more judgments
of our sins.Copy !req
709. vigilante
known as Nite Owl,Copy !req
710. entered the riot
and freed suspected murderer,Copy !req
711. Walter Kovacs,Copy !req
712. also known as Rorschach.Copy !req
713. Both escaped police capture
by aircraft.Copy !req
714. Argh!Copy !req
715. More details
are still coming in.Copy !req
716. - Goddamn it!
- Derf! What the hell?Copy !req
717. Hey, hey, hey.Copy !req
718. We don't want no trouble
around here.Copy !req
719. Shut up, old man.Copy !req
720. These super bastards
get away with everythingCopy !req
721. while our guys
catch hell in that riot.Copy !req
722. It ain't fair!Copy !req
723. Though
dreading such a black,Copy !req
724. breathless end, I leapt...Copy !req
725. Hey, the news guy
mentioned Nite Owl.Copy !req
726. feet first into cold,Copy !req
727. dank mortality.Copy !req
728. Derf, he's the guy who wrote
that book about the masks.Copy !req
729. My dad takes his car
to his repair shop.Copy !req
730. - Do you know where that is?
- Yeah.Copy !req
731. It's just down the street...Copy !req
732. But the ocean's depthsCopy !req
733. refused to swallow me.Copy !req
734. I lifted my uncomprehending
eyes to the heavensCopy !req
735. and saw instead the earth.Copy !req
736. This guy likes
to play in riots...Copy !req
737. I had reached my destination.Copy !req
738. so let's give him a riot.Copy !req
739. Yeah.
Yeah. Let's mess this guy up!Copy !req
740. - Hell, yeah!
- Bah!Copy !req
741. They'd left me for dead.Copy !req
742. The fiends who'd doubtless
butchered my kin.Copy !req
743. But now I was returned
upon my corpse boat,Copy !req
744. a spectre of revenge,Copy !req
745. riding the flow tide home.Copy !req
746. Yeah! Yeah!Copy !req
747. - This it?
- Yeah. Upstairs.Copy !req
748. Okay, okay.
I hear you.Copy !req
749. You can quit banging.Copy !req
750. Just give me a second.Copy !req
751. - Get him!
- Yeah!Copy !req
752. Get that dog!Copy !req
753. Worry about yourself, scumbag.Copy !req
754. No.Copy !req
755. - Derf!
- Oh, man.Copy !req
756. Derf! That's enough!Copy !req
757. He's a goner.
We gotta get out of here!Copy !req
758. This is where
we hold our conversation.Copy !req
759. It commences when you
surprise me with the newsCopy !req
760. that you and Dreiberg
are sleeping together.Copy !req
761. You... know about me and Dan?Copy !req
762. No. But in a few moments,
you're going to tell me.Copy !req
763. Ugh! Jon, I can't take
your predestination crapCopy !req
764. right now.Copy !req
765. It makes no senseCopy !req
766. that you can be surprised
by anythingCopy !req
767. when you can see time
in all directions.Copy !req
768. Everything is preordained,
even my responses.Copy !req
769. So the most powerful being
in the universeCopy !req
770. is just... a puppet
following a script?Copy !req
771. We are all puppets, Laurie.Copy !req
772. I am just a puppet
who can see the strings.Copy !req
773. There is no future.
There is no past.Copy !req
774. Time is simultaneous.Copy !req
775. Ugh! Jon, how can I debate
Earth's destinyCopy !req
776. when you know the outcome?Copy !req
777. Help me understand here.Copy !req
778. What was your
earliest memory?Copy !req
779. I don't know.Copy !req
780. When my folks split,
I guess.Copy !req
781. He couldn't understandCopy !req
782. why I'd hold a grudge...Copy !req
783. I remember them arguing,
but...Copy !req
784. It's different for him.Copy !req
785. And I just couldn't
sustain the anger anymore.Copy !req
786. God! You need therapy.Copy !req
787. No. It's gone.Copy !req
788. No. It is not.Copy !req
789. It is still here.Copy !req
790. Let yourself see it.Copy !req
791. Look, for starters,Copy !req
792. he was there, okay?Copy !req
793. And he was actually gentle.Copy !req
794. I was five, I think.Copy !req
795. Do you have any idea
what gentleness meansCopy !req
796. for a guy like that?Copy !req
797. I snuck downstairsCopy !req
798. to play with a snow globe.Copy !req
799. It means
a broken marriageCopy !req
800. and an uncertain future
for our child.Copy !req
801. My child! That's what this
is all about, remember?Copy !req
802. My dad was alwaysCopy !req
803. - yelling at me...
- Laurel Jane!Copy !req
804. because he knew
I wasn't his.Copy !req
805. What are you doing down here?Copy !req
806. Pretty sure my real dad
was Hooded Justice,Copy !req
807. my mom's old boyfriend.Copy !req
808. Anyway, I...Copy !req
809. My dad
was a domineering bullyCopy !req
810. like most of the men
I've been...Copy !req
811. But Dan's... not like that.Copy !req
812. He's gentle.Copy !req
813. Someone you can pour
your troubles out to.Copy !req
814. A receptive lover.Copy !req
815. You mean...
you're sleeping with Dreiberg?Copy !req
816. But... you already know.Copy !req
817. - You said...
- I said many timesCopy !req
818. that you were my only link,Copy !req
819. my only concern
with the world.Copy !req
820. What does it say
that when you left me,Copy !req
821. I left Earth?Copy !req
822. Now that you
have replaced me,Copy !req
823. that link is shattered.Copy !req
824. Don't you see the futility
of asking me to save a worldCopy !req
825. I no longer have
any stake in?Copy !req
826. Jon, don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
827. Earth's too important
to hinge on one relationship.Copy !req
828. Not to me.Copy !req
829. My red world here
means more to meCopy !req
830. than your blue one.Copy !req
831. I will show you.Copy !req
832. Cowering down here
in sludgeCopy !req
833. doing nothing but conjuring
names on screens.Copy !req
834. Computer unnecessary.Copy !req
835. This face is all I need.Copy !req
836. Give me smallest finger
on man's hand.Copy !req
837. I'll produce information
about mask killer.Copy !req
838. Hey, you needed
your spare costume,Copy !req
839. I needed time for research.Copy !req
840. And now we need to put
our heads together on this.Copy !req
841. You said the Comedian
told Moloch about an islandCopy !req
842. and a plot against Jon,Copy !req
843. and I think the plotCopy !req
844. had to be the cancer-scare
media attackCopy !req
845. that sent Jon off the planet.Copy !req
846. Now, check this out.Copy !req
847. I finally got a breakthroughCopy !req
848. investigating
Dimensional Developments,Copy !req
849. the company that employed
Jon's alleged cancer victims.Copy !req
850. They also ownedCopy !req
851. the Institute
for Extraspatial Studies.Copy !req
852. And look, Nova Express
is connected.Copy !req
853. They published
the cancer list.Copy !req
854. And all of these companies
appear to be fundedCopy !req
855. by Pyramid Deliveries.Copy !req
856. Pyramid?Copy !req
857. That means
something to you?Copy !req
858. Moloch's illegal
cancer meds...Copy !req
859. delivered by Pyramid.Copy !req
860. God, Moloch was in deep.
And probably didn't know it.Copy !req
861. If his place was bugged
by these companies...Copy !req
862. They'd know about
Comedian's visit to Moloch.Copy !req
863. And that Comedian discovered
the plot against Jon.Copy !req
864. Know of my investigation,Copy !req
865. know how to frame me.Copy !req
866. - But what about Veidt?
- Hm.Copy !req
867. The assassination attempt
on Adrian doesn't fit the...Copy !req
868. Hold... hold on.Copy !req
869. Location
is Mason's Auto repairs.Copy !req
870. Hollis?Copy !req
871. Additional units neededCopy !req
872. to canvass the area
for Knot-Tops.Copy !req
873. - Coroner en route.
- No.Copy !req
874. Body ID-ed as...Copy !req
875. - No.
- ... Hollis Mason.Copy !req
876. Oh, God! Hollis?Copy !req
877. Oh, Christ! No!Copy !req
878. Sorry.Copy !req
879. He was a good man.Copy !req
880. I wasn't there.Copy !req
881. I should have...
I should have been there.Copy !req
882. It could be random killing.Copy !req
883. Could be
another mask killer.Copy !req
884. Squeeze underworld,
find answers. Take revenge.Copy !req
885. No.
We don't have time.Copy !req
886. We have to...Copy !req
887. His own fault.Copy !req
888. Was lazing too long.
Forgot how to do things.Copy !req
889. Lazing? Lazing?Copy !req
890. Who the hell
do you think you are?Copy !req
891. You live off people
while insulting them.Copy !req
892. And the only reason
nobody complainsCopy !req
893. is because they think
you're a goddamn lunatic!Copy !req
894. Do you know how hard
it is being your friend?Copy !req
895. Daniel, you are
a good friend.Copy !req
896. I know that.Copy !req
897. I'm sorry that
it is sometimes difficult.Copy !req
898. No. I'm the one
who should be sorry.Copy !req
899. Shouldn't have
said all that.Copy !req
900. Let's forget it, huh?Copy !req
901. We don't have time for this.Copy !req
902. Agreed. The end is nigh.Copy !req
903. And Adrian's assassinCopy !req
904. is the next piece
of the puzzle.Copy !req
905. Let's hope
the world's smartest manCopy !req
906. can help us
put it all togetherCopy !req
907. before it's too late.Copy !req
908. Mr. President,Copy !req
909. Russian tanks
are massing in East GermanyCopy !req
910. in response to alleged
"Western alarmism."Copy !req
911. CIA thinks this is genuine.Copy !req
912. Both our countries have been
on full alert this past week.Copy !req
913. One spark
and it could all go up.Copy !req
914. Our analysis of a first strike
against their nuclear silosCopy !req
915. shows a good chance
of success.Copy !req
916. Casualties on our side
could be 10-20 million.Copy !req
917. Well, in the first wave, anyway.Copy !req
918. Our tactical and strategic
forces worldwideCopy !req
919. are standing by
on DEFCON 2.Copy !req
920. What are your instructions,
Mr. President?Copy !req
921. Hm.Copy !req
922. We sit, and we wait.Copy !req
923. Look, Jon. We don't have time
to go sightseeing on Mars,Copy !req
924. and this debate
is going nowhere fast.Copy !req
925. Can you please
just spare me the agonyCopy !req
926. and tell me
how this conversation ends?Copy !req
927. It ends in tears.Copy !req
928. I return to Earth
at some point in my future,Copy !req
929. and I find streets
full of corpses.Copy !req
930. But the details are vague.Copy !req
931. What?Copy !req
932. What do you mean "vague"?Copy !req
933. There is some kind of static
obscuring the future,Copy !req
934. preventing any clear
impression.Copy !req
935. The electromagnetic pulse
of mass warhead detonationsCopy !req
936. could conceivably cause that.Copy !req
937. Oh, my God.Copy !req
938. Jon, we can't just
fly around MarsCopy !req
939. if missiles are about
to launch back home.Copy !req
940. Humanity might be on
the brink of extinction.Copy !req
941. Doesn't that bother you?Copy !req
942. No, Laurie.
That does not bother me.Copy !req
943. Life is a highly overrated
phenomenon.Copy !req
944. Mars gets along perfectly
without a single microorganism.Copy !req
945. Its surface is a constantly
changing topographical map,Copy !req
946. flowing and shifting in ripples
10,000 years wide.Copy !req
947. It is called chaotic terrain.Copy !req
948. Yeah, well, our lives
have chaotic terrain, too.Copy !req
949. I mean, think about
when we first metCopy !req
950. at that Crimebusters thing
in the '60s.Copy !req
951. banding together
as the Crimebusters.Copy !req
952. It doesn't mean
squat!Copy !req
953. Remember
how that all fell to pieces?Copy !req
954. It was even more chaotic
after you left.Copy !req
955. Laurel Jane, right?
Sally's kid?Copy !req
956. Uh... yeah.Copy !req
957. I caught your act in there.
You were pretty cool.Copy !req
958. Hm. You didn't grow up
too bad yourself.Copy !req
959. Thanks.Copy !req
960. Your, uh, mom
ever talk about me much?Copy !req
961. Mm, not really.Copy !req
962. Figures.Copy !req
963. You got her eyes,Copy !req
964. even that little mole.Copy !req
965. Ain't got her hair,
but otherwise you're like her.Copy !req
966. You're a looker.Copy !req
967. Take your hands off her!Copy !req
968. Hey, Sal.
Long time no see.Copy !req
969. Not long enough
in my book.Copy !req
970. Are there any depths
you won't sink to?Copy !req
971. We were just talking.
Can't a man talk to his...Copy !req
972. his old friend's daughter?Copy !req
973. What do you think I am?Copy !req
974. I know what you are,
Edward Blake!Copy !req
975. I've known for 25 years.Copy !req
976. And don't you
ever forget that.Copy !req
977. I thought we'd settled
all that a long time ago.Copy !req
978. Things like that
don't get settled,Copy !req
979. and they're not gonna happen
to my daughter.Copy !req
980. Come on.
We're leaving right now.Copy !req
981. Of course,
in the moment,Copy !req
982. I didn't know
what that bastard had done.Copy !req
983. Mom drove us three blocks...Copy !req
984. stopped the car,Copy !req
985. and then it all came
pouring out.Copy !req
986. Her pain, her fears,Copy !req
987. and what Blake did to her.Copy !req
988. I carried that with me
for years.Copy !req
989. At some point,
I crossed paths with BlakeCopy !req
990. and a few too many drinks.Copy !req
991. And I was a mean drunk.Copy !req
992. Juspeczyk, huh?Copy !req
993. Took your grandmother's
name over Jupiter?Copy !req
994. I see you didn't take
your father's last name either.Copy !req
995. - What's that to you?
- Nothing.Copy !req
996. Still see your mom in you.Copy !req
997. She was a peach.Copy !req
998. Is that what you told her
before you beat her,Copy !req
999. before you tried to rape her?Copy !req
1000. What kind of a man
forces a woman into having sexCopy !req
1001. against her will?Copy !req
1002. Only... once.Copy !req
1003. With seven scotches in me,Copy !req
1004. and one in my hand,Copy !req
1005. I let him have it.Copy !req
1006. And then,
you got angry,Copy !req
1007. and teleported us out of there.Copy !req
1008. At least then
you seemed to understandCopy !req
1009. the chaotic terrain
of our lives.Copy !req
1010. Why does it matter less now?Copy !req
1011. I read atoms, Laurie.Copy !req
1012. I see the ancient spectacleCopy !req
1013. that birthed the world
beneath us.Copy !req
1014. Beside this, human life
is brief and mundane.Copy !req
1015. I'm done.Copy !req
1016. Land this thing.Copy !req
1017. Take me home.Copy !req
1018. As you wish.Copy !req
1019. You said this would end
in tears.Copy !req
1020. You were wrong.Copy !req
1021. Maybe you're wrong about
streets full of corpses, too.Copy !req
1022. Laurie, you complained
that I refusedCopy !req
1023. to see existence
in human terms.Copy !req
1024. But you are refusing to see
through my viewpoint.Copy !req
1025. If you would
just allow yourselfCopy !req
1026. to see the whole continuum,Copy !req
1027. the patterns of life,
then you would understand.Copy !req
1028. Instead, you deliberately
shut out understandingCopy !req
1029. as if you are afraid.Copy !req
1030. Her pain...Copy !req
1031. I'm not afraid.Copy !req
1032. And what Blake did to her.Copy !req
1033. I'm just through
with looking backCopy !req
1034. on my stupid memories.Copy !req
1035. I carried that
with me for years.Copy !req
1036. I'm know what you are,
Edward Blake.Copy !req
1037. I've known for 25 years.Copy !req
1038. What kind of a man
forces a woman into having sexCopy !req
1039. against her will?Copy !req
1040. What happened
was 40 years ago.Copy !req
1041. - It's history.
- Only... once.Copy !req
1042. I'm not afraid.Copy !req
1043. Even the grimy
parts of it...Copy !req
1044. I'm not...Copy !req
1045. keep getting
brighter all the time.Copy !req
1046. God! You need therapy.Copy !req
1047. My child!Copy !req
1048. My dad was alwaysCopy !req
1049. yelling at me...Copy !req
1050. Laurel Jane!Copy !req
1051. because he knew
it wasn't his.Copy !req
1052. Laurel Jane, right?
Sally's kid?Copy !req
1053. Can't a man talk to his...
his old friend's daughter?Copy !req
1054. He's...Copy !req
1055. You didn't grow up
too bad yourself.Copy !req
1056. He's not my...Copy !req
1057. Still see your mom in you.Copy !req
1058. You got her eyes.Copy !req
1059. Your, uh, mom ever
talk about me much?Copy !req
1060. No.Copy !req
1061. And I just couldn't sustainCopy !req
1062. the anger anymore.Copy !req
1063. And he was actually gentle.Copy !req
1064. I thought we'd settled
all that a long time ago.Copy !req
1065. Getting old,Copy !req
1066. you get
a different perspective.Copy !req
1067. Can't a man
talk to his...Copy !req
1068. his old friend's daughter?Copy !req
1069. No.Copy !req
1070. No!Copy !req
1071. No, no, no.Copy !req
1072. Blake, you bastard!Copy !req
1073. I will never, ever
call you my father!Copy !req
1074. You're right.Copy !req
1075. My life's a joke.Copy !req
1076. My life... all life...Copy !req
1077. meaningless.Copy !req
1078. I disagree.Copy !req
1079. What?Copy !req
1080. I do not think
your life is meaningless.Copy !req
1081. But... why?Copy !req
1082. You... changed my mind.Copy !req
1083. For my entire existence,Copy !req
1084. I have longed to see
a thermodynamic miracle,Copy !req
1085. an event with oddsCopy !req
1086. so great against it
ever happening,Copy !req
1087. that it is effectively
impossibleCopy !req
1088. like oxygen spontaneously
turning into gold.Copy !req
1089. In every human coupling,Copy !req
1090. a thousand-million sperms
vie for a single egg.Copy !req
1091. Multiply those odds
by countless generations,Copy !req
1092. against the odds
of your ancestors being alive,Copy !req
1093. meeting,Copy !req
1094. siring this precise son,Copy !req
1095. that exact daughter,Copy !req
1096. until one day,
your mother loves a manCopy !req
1097. she has every reason to hate.Copy !req
1098. And out of that union,Copy !req
1099. of the
thousand-million childrenCopy !req
1100. competing for fertilization,Copy !req
1101. it was you,Copy !req
1102. only you that emerged.Copy !req
1103. To distill so specific a formCopy !req
1104. from that chaos
of improbability,Copy !req
1105. is like turning air
into gold.Copy !req
1106. That is
the crowning unlikelihood,Copy !req
1107. the thermodynamic miracle.Copy !req
1108. But, if I'm...Copy !req
1109. if my birth
is a thermodynamic miracle,Copy !req
1110. you could say that about
anyone else in the world.Copy !req
1111. Yes. The world
is so full of people,Copy !req
1112. so crowded
with these miracles,Copy !req
1113. that they become commonplace.Copy !req
1114. And we forget...Copy !req
1115. I forget what they truly are.Copy !req
1116. Now, from your vantage point,Copy !req
1117. I see the Earth.Copy !req
1118. Dry your eyes, Laurie,Copy !req
1119. for you are life,
rarer than a quarkCopy !req
1120. and unpredictable beyond
the dreams of Heisenberg,Copy !req
1121. the clay in which the forces
that shape all thingsCopy !req
1122. leave their fingerprints
most clearly.Copy !req
1123. Dry your eyes,
and let's go home.Copy !req
1124. Not like him.
Building deserted.Copy !req
1125. - Works here late every night.
- Found his daily planner.Copy !req
1126. Yesterday's entry...
"Leave for Karnak."Copy !req
1127. That's his private base
in the Antarctic.Copy !req
1128. So much
for asking him for help.Copy !req
1129. This chart,
analysis of global crises.Copy !req
1130. War, famine,
environmental decline.Copy !req
1131. Crisis lines converge
mid '90s.Copy !req
1132. Optimistic.Copy !req
1133. Crisis arrives decade early,Copy !req
1134. unless we get lead
on Pyramid Deliveries.Copy !req
1135. Oh, shit.Copy !req
1136. Veidt Enterprises holdings
includes Pyramid Deliveries,Copy !req
1137. Dimensional Developments,Copy !req
1138. Nova Express,Copy !req
1139. the Institute
for Extraspatial Studies.Copy !req
1140. Adrian owns them, Rorschach.Copy !req
1141. He owns and controls
all of them.Copy !req
1142. But Veidt was target
of assassin.Copy !req
1143. Maybe, maybe not.Copy !req
1144. We need to find Adrian fast.Copy !req
1145. Rorschach's journal,Copy !req
1146. November 1st, 1985.Copy !req
1147. Final entry.Copy !req
1148. Dreiberg convinced Veidt
is behind everything.Copy !req
1149. Cannot imagine
more dangerous opponent.Copy !req
1150. Faster than either of us.Copy !req
1151. Could kill us both there
in Antarctic snow.Copy !req
1152. Nobody would ever know.Copy !req
1153. Return from mission
seems unlikely.Copy !req
1154. Hope the world
survives long enoughCopy !req
1155. for anyone to read this,Copy !req
1156. so people will know the truth
of this conspiracyCopy !req
1157. that Adrian Veidt
is responsible.Copy !req
1158. For my own part,
I regret nothing.Copy !req
1159. I've lived life
free from compromise.Copy !req
1160. I step into the shadow now,
without complaint.Copy !req
1161. Not the sort of snow
you're used to in California,Copy !req
1162. Mr. Roth.Copy !req
1163. I am as pleasantly
surprised by a coke-jokeCopy !req
1164. from the world-famous
Adrian Veidt,Copy !req
1165. as I am your gracious
invitation to Karnak here.Copy !req
1166. Your Antarctic retreat
is breathtaking,Copy !req
1167. to say the least.Copy !req
1168. And the name, Karnak.Copy !req
1169. Egyptian in origin, correct?Copy !req
1170. Yes. You've done
your homework.Copy !req
1171. Not enough
to keep up with you, I'm sure.Copy !req
1172. Hello, Mr. Veidt.Copy !req
1173. You'll be happy to know
the delivery arrivedCopy !req
1174. in perfect condition.Copy !req
1175. Excellent news, my friends.Copy !req
1176. I've brought you
an excellent wine to celebrate.Copy !req
1177. Ah. Ramses II,
also known as Ozymandias,Copy !req
1178. your namesake as a superhero.Copy !req
1179. Tell us more about your path
to becoming Ozymandias.Copy !req
1180. Oh, certainly.Copy !req
1181. I'd say my journey began
after my parents died.Copy !req
1182. They left me
with a lot of money,Copy !req
1183. but I gave it all to charity
when I was 17.Copy !req
1184. I wanted to prove that I could
accomplish anything I wanted...Copy !req
1185. - Shall we prepare your dinner?
- No.Copy !req
1186. Work comes first.Copy !req
1187. only guidance
was inspirationCopy !req
1188. from the one human
with whom I felt any kinship,Copy !req
1189. Alexander of Macedonia.Copy !req
1190. As a brilliant,
young army commander,Copy !req
1191. Alexander swept through
many countries,Copy !req
1192. ruled without barbarism,Copy !req
1193. and instituted the world's
greatest center of learningCopy !req
1194. in Egypt.Copy !req
1195. Determined to measure
my success against his,Copy !req
1196. I retraced my hero's steps...Copy !req
1197. Nova Express interviewCopy !req
1198. is ready for your review
before broadcast.Copy !req
1199. The planet is currently
swarming in events,Copy !req
1200. and I need
to review them all.Copy !req
1201. I need information
in its most concentrated form.Copy !req
1202. where some say
you've even learnedCopy !req
1203. how to catch a bullet
in your bare hands!Copy !req
1204. We shall retire
to enjoy your generous gift.Copy !req
1205. We know that you prefer
to be alone down here.Copy !req
1206. Yes.Copy !req
1207. Alexander united
the civilized world...Copy !req
1208. All alone.Copy !req
1209. But only while he lived.Copy !req
1210. Just me and the world.Copy !req
1211. The wisdom
of the pharaohsCopy !req
1212. inspired the worldCopy !req
1213. for generations
beyond their passing.Copy !req
1214. Adopting Ramses II's
Greek name,Copy !req
1215. and Alexander's
free-booting style,Copy !req
1216. I began my path...
to conquest.Copy !req
1217. Conquest not of men,Copy !req
1218. but the evils
that beset them.Copy !req
1219. The channels change
every 100 secondsCopy !req
1220. creating random images,Copy !req
1221. allowing subliminal hints
of the futureCopy !req
1222. to come through.Copy !req
1223. A jigsaw puzzle model
of tomorrow.Copy !req
1224. I see a juxtapositionCopy !req
1225. of wish-fulfillment violence
and infantile imagery,Copy !req
1226. evocative of desire to regress,
be free of responsibility.Copy !req
1227. I see increased sexual imagery,
implying an erotic undercurrentCopy !req
1228. not uncommon
in times of conflict.Copy !req
1229. This all says war.Copy !req
1230. I will invest accordingly.Copy !req
1231. Everybody's scared.
You can feel it.Copy !req
1232. I estimatedCopy !req
1233. I was not far
from Davidstown...Copy !req
1234. Just waiting for the nukes
to start dropping.Copy !req
1235. I was sure that by nowCopy !req
1236. the place had been overrunCopy !req
1237. by the Freighter's brigands.Copy !req
1238. At the end of my journey,Copy !req
1239. all that remained to me now
was revengeCopy !req
1240. against those who had killed
my family, my crew,Copy !req
1241. and left me for dead.Copy !req
1242. Davidstown
slept,Copy !req
1243. deserted save for silence.Copy !req
1244. Hard to believe
we're finally going home.Copy !req
1245. I'll drink to that.Copy !req
1246. I arrived
at my former residence,Copy !req
1247. careful not to rouse the
butchers occupying it.Copy !req
1248. Unaware that
death was among them...Copy !req
1249. They'd know its dark embrace
without ever understanding why.Copy !req
1250. One, however, was awake.Copy !req
1251. Frantic, lest he should
raise alarms,Copy !req
1252. I set upon him.Copy !req
1253. In cataract darkness,Copy !req
1254. I bludgeoned him.Copy !req
1255. His screams
unnervingly shrill.Copy !req
1256. No pirates came,
but something worse.Copy !req
1257. I looked up
into faces familiar,Copy !req
1258. save for their terror.Copy !req
1259. The children wailed.Copy !req
1260. I looked
down at the figure beneath me.Copy !req
1261. Through puffed and bloodied
lips she mouthed my name.Copy !req
1262. There came an understanding
so large,Copy !req
1263. it left no room for sanity.Copy !req
1264. I ran, but the knowledge
of my damnation paced me,Copy !req
1265. gloating, celebrating
its awful victory.Copy !req
1266. Behind me,
a Lynch mob howled.Copy !req
1267. Eventually, I came
to an ash-colored shore,Copy !req
1268. a dismal black ocean
stretching before me.Copy !req
1269. How had I reached this
appalling position,Copy !req
1270. with love, only love, as my
guide?Copy !req
1271. How had my noble intentions,Copy !req
1272. led me to atrocity?Copy !req
1273. Pausing,
I stood, panting, sobbing,Copy !req
1274. listening to
the windborne soundCopy !req
1275. of my pursuers draw closer.Copy !req
1276. Planning to resume my flight,
I raised my head and saw her.Copy !req
1277. The black freighter and its
accursed inhabitantsCopy !req
1278. seemed to be waiting,
waiting for me.Copy !req
1279. They'd come to DavidstownCopy !req
1280. to collect the only prize
they'd ever valued.Copy !req
1281. Claim the only soul
they'd ever truly wanted.Copy !req
1282. I was a horror,Copy !req
1283. amongst horrors I must dwell.Copy !req
1284. I swam towards the
anchored freighter.Copy !req
1285. A rope snaked down.Copy !req
1286. Spluttering, I grabbed it.Copy !req
1287. And from the decks above,
a cheer went up,Copy !req
1288. both gross and black.Copy !req
1289. It's stench
affronting heaven.Copy !req
1290. Manners.Copy !req
1291. Now.Copy !req
1292. What can I do for you?Copy !req
1293. We know
you're behind everything.Copy !req
1294. The Comedian's murder,
Jon's exile.Copy !req
1295. Christ! Adrian,Copy !req
1296. we're on the brink
of World War IIICopy !req
1297. because of you.Copy !req
1298. Well, Nixon
and his attack dog, Blake,Copy !req
1299. most certainly did more
in that regard.Copy !req
1300. Have you ever read
the last speechCopy !req
1301. Kennedy was supposed
to deliver?Copy !req
1302. "We in this country,
in this generation,Copy !req
1303. are by destiny,
rather than by choice,Copy !req
1304. the watchmen
on the walls of freedom."Copy !req
1305. But in a world of tyranny,
crosshairs watched him.Copy !req
1306. Blake's, most probably.Copy !req
1307. What the hellCopy !req
1308. are you getting at, Adrian?Copy !req
1309. It was then
that I began to realizeCopy !req
1310. my adventuring
was a...Copy !req
1311. hollow crusade
against such forces,Copy !req
1312. a dark comedy clarified
by the Comedian himselfCopy !req
1313. in '66.Copy !req
1314. I'm sure you remember
the Crimebusters fiasco,Copy !req
1315. where he discussed
nuclear war's inevitability.Copy !req
1316. He opened my eyes
to the truth.Copy !req
1317. Only the best comedians
accomplish that.Copy !req
1318. That's when I understood
what I must do.Copy !req
1319. Alexander's methods,
unification by conquestCopy !req
1320. would not halt the raceCopy !req
1321. toward mutually-assured
destructionCopy !req
1322. between East and West.Copy !req
1323. But Alexander was also knownCopy !req
1324. for untying the unsolvable
Gordian knot...Copy !req
1325. by severing it with a sword.Copy !req
1326. The same
unconventional solutionCopy !req
1327. would be requiredCopy !req
1328. to untangle
our global problems.Copy !req
1329. And my swordCopy !req
1330. would be history's
greatest practical joke.Copy !req
1331. A joke discovered
by Comedian.Copy !req
1332. Blake was returning
from Nicaragua by airshipCopy !req
1333. when he spotted
my private island.Copy !req
1334. He investigated and discovered
my artists and scientistsCopy !req
1335. creating a genetically-altered,
monstrous new life-formCopy !req
1336. and our research
in teleportation.Copy !req
1337. Teleportation?Copy !req
1338. But only Jon can teleport.Copy !req
1339. Jon proved it possible,
and certainly more desirableCopy !req
1340. than the electric vehicles
he developed.Copy !req
1341. So, I capitalized
on his endeavorsCopy !req
1342. by developing the basic patent
for the public spark-hydrantsCopy !req
1343. that power his vehicles.Copy !req
1344. I financed
Dimensional Developments,Copy !req
1345. and the Institute
for Extraspatial StudiesCopy !req
1346. with the proceeds.Copy !req
1347. Both developed new technologiesCopy !req
1348. spun-off from Jon's
government research.Copy !req
1349. But without his guiding mind,Copy !req
1350. teleportation proved...
limited.Copy !req
1351. Anything living
died explosively on arrival.Copy !req
1352. Talking in circles.Copy !req
1353. You murdered Comedian
to keep him quiet.Copy !req
1354. Unfortunately for Blake,Copy !req
1355. I was monitoring
Moloch's residenceCopy !req
1356. when his practiced
cynicism cracked,Copy !req
1357. and he began to spill fragments
of my plan.Copy !req
1358. I regret
his accidental involvement.Copy !req
1359. With the fate of the world,
and all humanity at stake,Copy !req
1360. I couldn't risk the possibility
of Blake revealing my planCopy !req
1361. in its entirety to anyone...Copy !req
1362. especially to Jon.Copy !req
1363. Being too powerfulCopy !req
1364. and unpredictable
to fit my plans,Copy !req
1365. I plotted his removal
for years.Copy !req
1366. Thus his past associatesCopy !req
1367. were exposed to radiation
and cultivated as weaponsCopy !req
1368. against Jon's increasingly
fragile attachment to mankind.Copy !req
1369. With Jon and Blake
neutralized,Copy !req
1370. your mask-killer investigation
then needed stopping.Copy !req
1371. I staged
my own assassination attemptCopy !req
1372. to place me beyond suspicion
and cast doubt on the theory.Copy !req
1373. The unwitting assassin I hired
was fed a cyanide capsule.Copy !req
1374. And Rorschach was framed
for Moloch's murderCopy !req
1375. to close the loose ends.Copy !req
1376. Adrian, you're talking about
faulty teleportationCopy !req
1377. and genetic monsters
and ending war.Copy !req
1378. How does any of this
mad science make sense?Copy !req
1379. My plan is quite simple.Copy !req
1380. Teleport my creature
to New York.Copy !req
1381. The ensuing explosion
will wipe out half the city.Copy !req
1382. The aftermath will convince
the governments of EarthCopy !req
1383. that we are under attack
by beings from another world.Copy !req
1384. Instead of fighting
each other,Copy !req
1385. for the first time
the human race will uniteCopy !req
1386. against a common foeCopy !req
1387. and usher in a new age
of global peace.Copy !req
1388. Adrian, listen to me.Copy !req
1389. You're not well.Copy !req
1390. You need help.Copy !req
1391. I'm just glad we got hereCopy !req
1392. before you had a chance
to try and do it.Copy !req
1393. Do it?Copy !req
1394. Dan, I'm not
some comic book villain.Copy !req
1395. Do you seriously think
I'd explain my masterstrokeCopy !req
1396. if there was even
the slightest chance of youCopy !req
1397. affecting its outcome?Copy !req
1398. I did it 35 minutes ago.Copy !req
1399. Oh, man.Copy !req
1400. Hm.Copy !req
1401. Well, it's 11:25.
About time to close up, kid.Copy !req
1402. Hey, how many times
you gonna read that junk?Copy !req
1403. This story
don't make sense, man.Copy !req
1404. That's why I got
to read it over.Copy !req
1405. And my name's Bernie,
not "kid."Copy !req
1406. Bernie?
Short for Bernard?Copy !req
1407. No kidding.Copy !req
1408. That's my name... too.Copy !req
1409. Whoa...Copy !req
1410. What the...Copy !req
1411. Ah, Jesus, Derf...Copy !req
1412. Holy...Copy !req
1413. Oh, my God!Copy !req
1414. Oh, my God!Copy !req
1415. What... what the hell is that?Copy !req
1416. I had expected us to return
to Earth much earlier.Copy !req
1417. The interference I had noticed,Copy !req
1418. it was not a warhead detonation
after all.Copy !req
1419. So what...Copy !req
1420. Tachyons.Copy !req
1421. A squall of tachyons.Copy !req
1422. But where can they be
coming from?Copy !req
1423. I had almost forgotten
the delights of uncertainty.Copy !req
1424. Jon...Copy !req
1425. I am picking up a strong pulse
from the south-polar region.Copy !req
1426. Jon, get me out of here, please.Copy !req
1427. Of course.Copy !req
1428. No one will doubtCopy !req
1429. the Earth has met a force
so dreadfulCopy !req
1430. that it must be repelled,Copy !req
1431. all former enmities aside.Copy !req
1432. No one must ever
know the truth.Copy !req
1433. Those who were involved
are dead.Copy !req
1434. Killers killed by killers
who killed each other.Copy !req
1435. A lethal pyramid.Copy !req
1436. And what about us?Copy !req
1437. Veidt, of course.Copy !req
1438. Who else has the intelligence
for tachyon interference?Copy !req
1439. He must have anticipatedCopy !req
1440. my possible discovery
of his plot for some time.Copy !req
1441. All that stuff in New York,
Adrian planned it?Copy !req
1442. Yes. He killed Blake
and half of New York.Copy !req
1443. Excuse me, Rorschach.Copy !req
1444. I am informing Laurie
ten seconds ago.Copy !req
1445. These tachyons are muddling
things up.Copy !req
1446. Jon, wait!Copy !req
1447. - Jon!
- No!Copy !req
1448. Have to stop him.Copy !req
1449. Killed Blake
and half of New York.Copy !req
1450. Yes. He killed Blake
and half of New York.Copy !req
1451. Excuse me, Rorschach.Copy !req
1452. I am informing Laurie
ten seconds ago.Copy !req
1453. These tachyons
are muddling things up.Copy !req
1454. The static is stronger here.Copy !req
1455. Hiding behind these tachyons
was clever, Veidt.Copy !req
1456. But this game is stupid.Copy !req
1457. Very well.Copy !req
1458. If I must follow this through
to the bitter end...Copy !req
1459. Dan.Copy !req
1460. Bubastis, forgive me.Copy !req
1461. Veidt, don't!Copy !req
1462. Huh. I wasn't actually sure
that would work.Copy !req
1463. Veidt...Copy !req
1464. you're an asshole.Copy !req
1465. Oh, shit.Copy !req
1466. Laurie!Copy !req
1467. Something else I wasn't sure
I would...Copy !req
1468. I am disappointed, Veidt.Copy !req
1469. Very disappointed.Copy !req
1470. Restructuring myself
was the first trick I learned.Copy !req
1471. Did you really think
it would kill me?Copy !req
1472. I have walked across the sun.Copy !req
1473. I have seen events
so tiny and so fastCopy !req
1474. that they can hardly be said
to have occurred at all.Copy !req
1475. But you?Copy !req
1476. You are just a man.Copy !req
1477. And this world's smartest manCopy !req
1478. means nothing more to me
than its smartest termite.Copy !req
1479. What is that, Veidt?Copy !req
1480. Another ultimate weapon?Copy !req
1481. You could say that.Copy !req
1482. This just in...Copy !req
1483. We have terrifying images...Copy !req
1484. Oh, Christ...Copy !req
1485. What you are about to see
may shock you.Copy !req
1486. it's an utterly
horrible scene here.Copy !req
1487. an institute
researching other dimensions.Copy !req
1488. millions have
died here this evening.Copy !req
1489. No! No!Copy !req
1490. Could it be alien contact?Copy !req
1491. Has the Earth been invaded?Copy !req
1492. Global concern is growing...Copy !req
1493. and world leaders
are issuingCopy !req
1494. statements of support
across the globe.Copy !req
1495. We're hearing now
that Russian leaderCopy !req
1496. Gorbachev said,Copy !req
1497. they're evaluating the new
threat in New York...Copy !req
1498. increasing calls
for an immediate peace summitCopy !req
1499. in Geneva from world leaders...Copy !req
1500. in a global
concerted effort...Copy !req
1501. Even Russia
is suspending military action.Copy !req
1502. Ladies and gentlemen,
this is good news.Copy !req
1503. The war is over.Copy !req
1504. War is over.Copy !req
1505. The war is over.Copy !req
1506. I did it. I did it!Copy !req
1507. I saved Earth from hell!Copy !req
1508. And next I will lift her up
toward utopia.Copy !req
1509. Wait. Next?Copy !req
1510. You really think
you can get away with this?Copy !req
1511. If you expose me,Copy !req
1512. you will undo the peace
that millions died to achieve.Copy !req
1513. If you kill me,Copy !req
1514. you risk investigations
that will reveal what happened.Copy !req
1515. He is correct.Copy !req
1516. Exposing this plotCopy !req
1517. results in greater destruction
on Earth.Copy !req
1518. On Mars,
you demonstrated life's value.Copy !req
1519. If we would preserve life here,
we must remain silent.Copy !req
1520. You're right. Jesus.Copy !req
1521. Rorschach...Copy !req
1522. we... we...Copy !req
1523. We have to compromise on this.Copy !req
1524. No.Copy !req
1525. Not even
in the face of Armageddon.Copy !req
1526. Never compromise.Copy !req
1527. Well, in all likelihood,
he is of no consequence.Copy !req
1528. Rorschach is hardly
a reliable witness.Copy !req
1529. Still...Copy !req
1530. I think I shall meditate
in my orrery now.Copy !req
1531. Jon?Copy !req
1532. Where are you going?Copy !req
1533. Back to America.Copy !req
1534. People must be told.
Evil must be punished.Copy !req
1535. You know,
I cannot let you do that.Copy !req
1536. Of course.
To protect Veidt's new utopia.Copy !req
1537. One more body
amongst foundationsCopy !req
1538. makes little difference.Copy !req
1539. Well...Copy !req
1540. what are you waiting for?Copy !req
1541. Do it.Copy !req
1542. Rorschach...Copy !req
1543. Do it.Copy !req
1544. Do it!Copy !req
1545. No!Copy !req
1546. - No, no.
- Dan.Copy !req
1547. God.Copy !req
1548. I'm here, Dan.Copy !req
1549. No.Copy !req
1550. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
1551. Hello, Jon.Copy !req
1552. I was hoping
we'd have a chance to talk.Copy !req
1553. I know I've journeyed
across the backsCopy !req
1554. of murdered innocents
to save humanity.Copy !req
1555. But someone
had to take the weightCopy !req
1556. of that awful necessary crime.Copy !req
1557. Unlike Rorschach,
I understand,Copy !req
1558. without condoning
or condemning.Copy !req
1559. Human affairs cannot
be my concern any longer.Copy !req
1560. I am leaving this galaxy
for one... less complicated.Copy !req
1561. But you'd regained interest
in human life.Copy !req
1562. Yes, I have.Copy !req
1563. I think I would like
to create some.Copy !req
1564. Goodbye, Adrian.Copy !req
1565. Before you leave,Copy !req
1566. I did the right thing,
didn't I?Copy !req
1567. It all worked out in the end.Copy !req
1568. In the end?Copy !req
1569. Nothing ends, Adrian.Copy !req
1570. Nothing ever ends.Copy !req
1571. Well, despite
nearly killing meCopy !req
1572. with a heart attack,Copy !req
1573. this is quite a Christmas gift.Copy !req
1574. I'm just so happy
to have my little Laurel back.Copy !req
1575. - Hair color, aside.
- Mother, remember?Copy !req
1576. It's Sandra
and Sam Hollis, now.Copy !req
1577. Aw!Copy !req
1578. And Hollis would be so proud
that you took his name.Copy !req
1579. It was the least I could do
to honor him.Copy !req
1580. He was like
a second father to me.Copy !req
1581. And that's why
I wanted to visit.Copy !req
1582. Mom, I found out
who my real dad was.Copy !req
1583. Oh, Jesus.Copy !req
1584. Oh, Laurel.
I'm so sorry.Copy !req
1585. Mom...Copy !req
1586. - What you must think...
- Mom, it doesn't matter.Copy !req
1587. People's lives
take them strange places.Copy !req
1588. They do strange things,Copy !req
1589. and sometimes
they can't talk about them.Copy !req
1590. I know how that is.Copy !req
1591. I love you, Mom.Copy !req
1592. You never did anything
wrong by me.Copy !req
1593. Bye, Sam. Bye, Sandra.Copy !req
1594. And don't wait too long
to have children.Copy !req
1595. I'm an old woman.Copy !req
1596. - Goodbye, Mom.
- Bye, Ms. Jupiter.Copy !req
1597. You know, maybe that wasn'tCopy !req
1598. such a bad idea
of your mother's-Copy !req
1599. Forget it.Copy !req
1600. Not yet.Copy !req
1601. You've been talking about
adventuring again,Copy !req
1602. and I'm not staying home
changing diapers.Copy !req
1603. Nite Owl and Silk Spectre
sounds pretty awesome.Copy !req
1604. - I think I want a new name.
- Mm?Copy !req
1605. And a better costume
for protection.Copy !req
1606. - Mm-hm.
- Something leather.Copy !req
1607. Sure.Copy !req
1608. And a mask.Copy !req
1609. Uh...Copy !req
1610. - Maybe a gun.
- Mm...Copy !req
1611. Seymour,
where have you been?Copy !req
1612. Dimension X?Copy !req
1613. I just got lunch
from Burgers 'n' Borscht.Copy !req
1614. Don't say it!Copy !req
1615. I won't have Russian
spoken in this office,Copy !req
1616. ass-kissing peace accord
or not.Copy !req
1617. What are you doing?Copy !req
1618. Well, I was gonna
eat my lunch.Copy !req
1619. Three million New Yorkers died,Copy !req
1620. and you weren't one of them.Copy !req
1621. Seymour, damn it!Copy !req
1622. You've got two more pages
to fill before you eat.Copy !req
1623. I thought
your column...Copy !req
1624. Well, you thought wrong.Copy !req
1625. Nobody's allowed
to say bad thingsCopy !req
1626. about our "good old buddies,"
the Russians anymore.Copy !req
1627. So bang goes
a two-page column.Copy !req
1628. Get some filler somewhere.Copy !req
1629. Robert Redford saysCopy !req
1630. he'll be running for president
in '88.Copy !req
1631. Seymour,
do not dignify absurditiesCopy !req
1632. with coverage.Copy !req
1633. Nobody wants a cowboy actor
in the White House.Copy !req
1634. Then I guess
it's somethingCopy !req
1635. from the crank file?Copy !req
1636. Yes, yes.Copy !req
1637. Whatever's within
your limited abilities.Copy !req
1638. Just take responsibility
for once in your life.Copy !req
1639. Run whatever you want.Copy !req
1640. I leave it entirely
in your hands.Copy !req
1641. The atomic age
bite-sized snackCopy !req
1642. that'll make you glow
from head to toe.Copy !req
1643. A chain reaction
of flavor satisfactionCopy !req
1644. that'll make
your taste buds explode.Copy !req
1645. Fruity fallout
and a delicious molten centerCopy !req
1646. that'll blow you
all the way to China.Copy !req
1647. Mm, Mmetldowns!Copy !req