Time to push my baby bird out of the nest.
[Séance Dog] Mark Grayson, I need your help.
My name is Nuolzot. I am from the planet Thraxa.
I have to go away for a few weeks, to space again.
- [phone beeps] - Amber, I, um, I love you.
[Carol] We're not that different from other support groups.
[Louise] It's about time someone cut through
all the red tape and did something.
[Eve's dad] Your powers don't make you a hero.
They make you dangerous.
- Donald? - Wonder what that was about.
- Just had half my body melted helping you mutilate yourself. - [grunting]
[Allen] Thaedus thinks there's a mole.
[Thaedus] Forgive me, Allen.
[Debbie] I can't heal 'cause he murdered Alana
and the other Guardians and almost killed my son.
I didn't know who he was.
You should have.
[Nolan] Hello, son.
It's been a while.
[Mark groaning]
- Dad? - [gasps]
[groaning]
[grunts]
[breathing heavily]
[♪ Nick Cave: "Avalanche"]
♪ I stepped into an avalanche ♪
♪ It covered up my soul ♪
♪ When I am not this hunchback that you see ♪
♪ I sleep beneath the golden hill ♪
♪ You who wish to conquer pain ♪
♪ You must learn ♪
♪ Learn to serve me well ♪
♪ You strike my side by accident ♪
♪ As you go down for your goal ♪
♪ The cripple here that you clothe and feed ♪
♪ Is neither starved or cold ♪
♪ He does not ask for your company ♪
♪ Not at the center ♪
♪ The center of ♪
♪ The world ♪
♪ When I am on a pedestal ♪
♪ You did not raise me there ♪
♪ Your laws do not compel me now ♪
♪ To kneel grotesque and bare ♪
♪ I, myself, am the pedestal ♪
♪ For this ugly hump at which you stare ♪
♪ You who wish to conquer pain ♪
♪ You must learn what makes me kind ♪
♪ The crumbs of love that you offer me ♪
♪ They're the crumbs I've left behind ♪♪
[Thraxan captain] Wait!
I don't know who you are, but we owe you our lives.
Won't you stay?
Tell us your name.
Uh, where you come from.
[wind whistling]
[Nolan] Hello, son.
[gasps]
It's been a while.
Dad?
[breathes shakily]
[grunts softly]
[groans]
[grunts]
[sighs softly]
I...
I missed you.
This was all you?
Bringing me here?
Yes.
The Thraxans told me that they needed my help.
They do need your help.
Why?
It's complicated. Come with me and...
No, why would you lie to me again?
You killed thousands of people.
Yes.
Why would you think I'd ever want to see you again?
You called Mom a pet.
- [sighs] - Mark, I need your help.
I can't believe you put them up to this.
- Made them lie to me, too. - Just listen.
I don't have to listen to anything you say.
Mark. Look... I made a mistake.
And I've thought about you every day since...
- A mistake?! - Son...
No, you don't get to call me that anymore!
What do you want me to say, Mark?
You could have started with "I'm sorry."
You know what? Don't bother, all right?
It wouldn't mean anything anyway.
I hope you like it here with your new friends.
I guess they don't know you the way that I do.
Fuck you.
You'll never make it home on your own.
- Watch me. - Mark, it's millions of miles,
and you don't know the way.
Navigation was never your strong suit.
Come back and we'll talk. Please?
And what are you gonna do if I don't?
Knock all my teeth out again?
I'll get you a ship home,
but there's something you need to see first.
No.
Nuolzot wasn't lying to you.
His people do need your help. Let me tell you why.
I don't care.
I know that's not true.
Five minutes. For them, not you.
[sighs]
[indistinct chatter nearby]
[Mark] So, you conquered this place instead of Earth. Great.
I didn't conquer the Thraxans.
They asked me to be their emperor.
Emperor, conqueror, what's the difference?
Mmm.
Mark, welcome to our home.
My husband's told me so much about you.
Andressa...
What the fuck is going on?
Did I misspeak?
I know this comes as a surprise.
No shit I'm surprised. You're married to Mom.
I can't go back to Earth, Mark.
Not ever.
- The life I had there is over. - [groans softly]
[sighs] Oh, okay.
All right, you're all done with Mom
and all done with Earth. Good to know.
Super glad you got to show me
how great your life is without us.
That's not what I wanted to show you.
[inhales sharply] What else could you possibly...
[gasps]
- Mark... - [cooing]
Who is that?
This is your little brother.
[sighs]
Uh, you got to be...
♪ ♪
...fucking kidding me!
[♪ Blondshell: "Olympus"]
♪ I'd still kill for you ♪
♪ I'd die to spend the night at your belonging ♪
♪ All my friends think that I've lost it ♪
♪ Up at Olympus, miss your house still ♪
♪ Sounds like birds and smells like vodka ♪
♪ You're always off your rocker ♪
♪ I want to save myself ♪
♪ You're part of my addiction ♪
♪ I just keep you in the kitchen ♪
♪ While I burn ♪
♪ Burn, burn ♪
♪ Burn, burn ♪♪
Why me?
You could have taken Earth whenever you wanted.
Why did you marry me?
Was it just to be cruel? Just to hurt someone?
[sighs]
Everything we built, 20 years,
and none of it was real.
None of it.
You weren't real.
Only Mark.
And you almost took him, too.
I never knew you at all, did I?
I never even fucking knew you.
Why me?
[crying]
[Maulers grunting]
[whirring]
Welcome to the world of the living, clone.
Not this time.
No, no, no. I was there.
I remember the machine, Angstrom, the explosion.
Of course you do.
You have all of my memories, my experiences
because...
I'm the clone.
For the first time,
we know exactly who's the original
- and who's the inferior. - [groans]
This is going to be so much better.
[dog barking in distance]
[doorbell rings]
Debbie, it's-it's Donald.
[sighs heavily] Hmm.
♪ ♪
Hmm.
♪ ♪
[grunts softly]
[William laughs]
And the craziest thing is,
the prof doesn't even take attendance.
You can show up, not show up, sleep in.
- It's like they're... - Treating us like adults?
You know you're paying to be here, right?
You sure know how to take the fun out of skipping classes.
[Eve] Amber!
Hey, William!
Oh, my gosh, Eve.
- [Amber chuckles] - Hey, it's my favorite non-superhero superhero.
Everything okay?
Yeah, it's...
okay.
Hey, I-I tried texting Mark,
but they're not going through.
Do you guys know where he is?
Ooh...
About that. Remember Séance Dog?
Yeah.
Turns out, he's a talking alien bug from another planet.
Who knew? Not this guy.
Mark's away on a mission or something in space.
He was in a hurry, so I didn't get much of an explanation.
That was a week ago.
Perils of dating a superhero, right? [chuckles]
He's lucky he's cute.
You sure you're okay?
It's... [sighs]
It's been a long week.
Come on. Let's go grab a coffee and catch up.
Hey, don't you guys have class?
William was just telling me that the best part of college
- is skipping it. - It totally is.
It's super freeing, like wearing pants with no underwear.
Amber, William, you guys coming?
No, I'm fine. You guys should go.
Tomorrow morning, brunch. Okay? Do not tell us no.
Meet us at the dorms, like 9:00?
Sure. I'd like that.
Your tree house is, like, miles away.
Do you need somewhere to crash?
No, I keep a place in the city.
♪ ♪
[cooing]
I-I don't... I don't even know what to say.
A new wife, a kid.
You just replaced us, except, you know, bugs.
That's not true.
Mom's going through hell back on Earth,
and you were getting it on with a grasshopper
- two seconds after you left. - It wasn't like that.
He's way older than six months, which means you were...
Thraxan biology is different than ours.
I didn't replace you, Mark, or your mother.
[sighs]
I was lost when I left Earth.
I found these people.
I saved lives.
It was like I had a purpose again.
It felt right to stay and help them.
Oh, so now you're a good guy, right?
Here, not on Earth.
- You don't have to forgive me. - Good.
- But he is innocent in all this. - [cooing]
- Innocent in what? - The Viltrumite rules
of interbreeding are not complicated.
Rules of... Oh, Jesus.
We're only allowed to procreate
with genetically similar species.
Humans, for example.
Look at you.
You are a Viltrumite in almost every way.
Except I'm not a monster.
By now, Viltrum knows I've left my post.
They'll track me, and they'll find this planet.
And when they do,
they'll see your brother as inferior and kill him.
[gasps]
And I can't stop them alone.
But we can stop them together.
You almost killed me, then lied to me to get me here.
And now you want me to risk my life to save some kid
you had with another woman while still married to Mom?
He's your brother, Mark.
You don't get to put that on me, not after everything you did.
What I did on Earth was...
unforgivable.
But your brother and all these people
will die without our help.
This is bullshit!
You're the reason they're in danger.
You signed their death warrant, not me.
And now I'm asking you to help me save them.
[sighs]
Fuck you.
I mean... just fuck you.
They're good people.
How...
[sighs] How can I help?
I couldn't even beat you.
We can start training right away.
Get you ready for what's coming.
Mark?
I'm thinking.
[loud bang]
- [gasps] - [panicked chatter]
What-what was that?
[panicked chatter, screaming]
No, it's too soon. We need more time.
Nolan? [mutters]
Oh, shit. Are those...?
[Nolan] Viltrumite soldiers.
Mark, get Andressa and your brother to safety.
Where?
Andressa will show you. Go. There's no time.
Okay.
Um, sorry. Dad?
Go!
[explosions]
♪ ♪
[shower running]
[water shuts off]
[loud clattering nearby]
All right, man. Come on.
Come on.
[grunts]
Should've packed your bags better, Robot.
[power shutting off]
- [Eve] Killcannon. - Hmm? [gasps]
Did you ever pick the wrong night to rob this place.
Atom Eve.
Thought you ditched this dump.
Guess they left you behind, too.
Ha. It's been a long week,
so put Robot's thing back
and I won't beat the living shit out of you.
- How's that for a deal? - You want this back?
Come and get it.
Wrong choice, asshole.
[Mark] I don't see anything.
[Andressa] Keep going.
Lower.
There.
[cooing]
What is this place?
The Caves of Roclaine.
Who's that? Some kind of explorer?
I'm not sure.
Uh, my people have used these caverns as a refuge
in times of trouble and violence.
- We'll be safe here. - [cooing]
I, uh...
You never told me what his name is.
We allow children to choose their own name
once they come of age.
Thraxan lifespans aren't like humans.
Only one of your years.
One year? Seriously?
It's never seemed short to me.
From what Nolan says,
we do certain things quicker than your kind.
Growing, learning, loving.
It seems your father's genes have slowed our son's aging.
Still, we expect his first words any day now.
[cooing]
Nolan and I...
I want you to know it's not how you think.
What do you mean?
I didn't knowingly try to replace your mother.
Yeah, I-I did... I didn't mean that.
Your father saved my life and the lives of many others.
At first, it was hard to know him.
He was so...
hurt, so closed off, after what happened on Earth.
I fell in love with him before I knew his story.
By the time I found out about you and your mother,
I was, I was already...
What's the human phrase?
Head over feet?
Heels.
Head over heels.
I know none of this is your fault.
But it still hurts.
Nolan loves and misses you.
Even if he can't say it to you.
He said it to me...
- [rumbling] - Huh?
So it's true.
The great Nolan fathered a child with an Earth woman.
What do you want?
[Lucan] You.
If you fight well,
we may allow you to join the empire.
If not, you'll die.
Stay back. I'm warning you.
[baby fussing]
- Maybe I wasn't cl... - [grunts]
- [pants] - [Lucan] Nolan made another child?
[fussing]
With these disgusting creatures?
[grunting]
[Lucan scoffs]
[grunts]
Run. Run!
[both grunting]
[Lucan] Are you sure you're Nolan's son?
[Mark panting]
And not an insect like these creatures?
- [groaning] - [rumbling]
[grunts]
Stay away from my children, Lucan.
You knew the consequences when you had them.
[both grunting]
[groans]
- [baby crying] - [Andressa gasps]
- [Mark straining] - [gasps]
You've dishonored your people.
[both grunting]
You deserve death.
[groans]
[groaning]
I know.
[labored breathing]
[sighs]
Mark?
- Andressa? - [rumbling]
[coughs] Dad!
[baby cooing]
Are you okay?
[pants] We're fine.
Mark sheltered us.
Good. Good.
Andressa, go deeper into the caves.
Mark, come with me.
- [groaning] - There's two more.
♪ ♪
[groaning]
Shooting, shooting, shooting.
I guess when your arm's a gun, you really only have one trick.
It's a good trick.
Not tonight, it isn't.
[panicked chatter, gasping]
[grunts]
- [grunts] - [groaning]
Oh, what's the matter? You done already?
[panting]
Get up.
That's right. Come on.
- We're not done yet. - [whirring]
Not by a long shot.
- [tires squealing] - [gasps]
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh...
Shit.
[groans]
[whimpering, screaming]
No!
[groaning, gasping]
[grunts]
- [screaming] - [Eve] No!
[Killcannon laughs] Yes.
[both grunting]
Now who's done?
[both grunting]
Shit.
[yells, groans]
[breathing heavily]
[sirens wailing in distance]
- [gasps] - [sirens wailing]
[tires squealing]
- Help! - [gasps]
I need help here!
Check for breathing and pulse.
[Eve] Are they okay?
Please...
Please just help them.
[insects chirping]
♪ ♪
[knocking]
[Art] Debbie?
- Are you home? - [door opens]
Can I come in?
- Art. - [door closes]
I called, but you didn't pick up,
and I, uh, just wanted to see how you're doing.
You okay?
I'm fine. I just...
[sighs]
I'm not fine.
Me neither.
After all these months,
I still can't wrap my head around it.
Was all of it a lie? All of it?
[groans]
I don't know.
[sighs]
[Debbie] Right after I took this,
Nolan had to fly off to fight some monster
or alien or God-knows-what.
I ended up teaching Mark to ride by myself.
[chuckles]
I don't even know why I miss Nolan so much.
He was barely around.
I always thought you were the strong one,
to handle your life the way you did.
[scoffs]
You thought I was strong?
Nolan has superpowers. He's indestructible.
That's not strength. That's having it easy.
You, you've got strength.
Living with Nolan, standing up to him,
raising Mark the way you did.
Hell, you're the real reason we're all still alive
and not slaves, or worse.
You said it yourself,
Nolan was always off fighting something,
and you made things work without him.
Now it's just official.
You don't need the bum.
[scoffs] You never did.
- [quiet chatter] - [typing]
[elevator bell dings]
[light buzzing]
Huh.
[sighs]
[screaming]
Run now!
[employees panting, whimpering]
[Donald grunting]
[gasps] It's been an honor, sir.
[Nolan scoffs] Who are you talking to?
[gasps]
[breathing shakily]
[grunts]
[sighs]
[Mark sighs, gasps]
Oh, no.
♪ ♪
Dad?
- [growling softly] - Dad?
[growling]
- Why? - [groans]
Why do I care about them?
They were weak, short-lived,
barely a species.
[sighs]
They shouldn't matter to me.
That doesn't mean they should die.
You don't understand!
I'm not supposed to feel this way!
How is this better?!
This is how you should have felt on Earth.
[Mark groaning]
[Vidor] There's the great Nolan.
[growls]
[groans]
Lucan found you first, I see.
Glad you haven't gone too soft.
Lucan was weak.
Now he's dead.
Then he deserved his fate.
Like these insects.
You barely touch them and they die.
I'll kill you for what you did to these people.
Then do it.
[grunts]
Wait. We don't have to...
Because you're Nolan's son, I'll make this quick.
[both grunting]
You should worry about yourself, Nolan.
[grunting]
[Mark groans]
- There. - [straining]
I promised I'd make it quick.
[both groaning]
- [groans] - [grunting]
I never break my promises.
Why so worried, Nolan?
If your son dies, he never deserved to live.
Talking won't keep you alive, Vidor.
[groaning]
Mark, what are you doing? She's tearing you apart.
[groaning softly]
Yeah, I noticed.
You're fighting like you're on Earth.
This is different.
Stop holding back, or you're gonna get us both killed.
I'm not holding back.
Yes, you are. She's trying to kill you, Mark.
If you're not trying to kill her, you're going to die.
Don't think. Act.
You need to fight like a Viltrumite.
No. I don't kill people.
If you don't do this, we're all dead.
You, me, your brother,
and every single Thraxan on this planet.
[loud rumbling]
Remember what I told you.
[grunting]
[Mark groans]
[grunting, groaning]
[Thula yells]
- [grunts] - [screams]
[panting]
[chuckles]
Finally. [grunts]
[all grunting, groaning]
[groaning]
I'd say you fought well, but, uh...
[groaning]
Do you regret attacking my family now? Do you?
[Mark] Dad!
- [groans] - [Thula grunts]
[both grunting]
[groaning, choking]
Mark.
[panting] Are you okay?
No.
[chuckles] Don't worry.
It's over. Let me have a look.
- [Lucan grunting] - [groans]
Dad! [groans]
[breathing heavily]
Next time you kill somebody... [spits]
make sure they're dead.
- [device beeps] - It's done. [groans]
[birds chirping]
[Cecil] Debbie, think this over.
[Debbie] I have thought it over.
I've been thinking about it all night.
I don't want Nolan's book money...
your money... any longer.
The survivors in Chicago need it more than I do.
And if you can't find a way to get it to them, I will.
Of course I can find a way to get it to 'em.
I just think that you're making a mistake.
I'm thankful for what you did for Mark and me.
We were struggling, and you helped.
But you don't get something for nothing in this world.
And you especially don't get something for nothing from you.
Debbie...
You wouldn't be protesting half as much
if the money wasn't a way to keep a hold on Mark and on me.
We take it, we feel we owe you,
and I'm done feeling that way.
If you change your mind...
I won't.
[sighs]
[groaning]
[straining]
Dad. Dad.
Mark. [groans]
Don't forget the good I did,
- my work... - [groans]
...my deeds, my books.
[groans] Read my books, Mark.
[breathes heavily]
[♪ Zoe Boekbinder: "I Am Yesterday"]
[door opens, closes]
[singer vocalizing]
- [car door opens, closes] - [engine starts]
♪ Why are you always on my mind? ♪
[phone buzzes]
♪ Spend all day and night like you're doing time ♪
♪ You're saying I'm the one doing crime ♪
[sighs]
♪ Writing the worst thing I ever said in neon lights ♪
♪ Dragging my name through the mud ♪
♪ If I did something to offend ♪
♪ Tell me what it was ♪
♪ Saw you walking tonight ♪
♪ Streetlight on your face ♪
♪ Saw you walking with your head high ♪
♪ I could not look away ♪
♪ Saw you out with your new guy ♪
♪ I am yesterday ♪
♪ You didn't even say goodbye ♪
♪ I am yesterday ♪
[grunts, groans]
♪ I am yesterday ♪
[knife clatters]
[singer vocalizing]
Thank God.
♪ Whatever you say is what they see ♪
- ♪ Whoever you say I am ♪ - [gasps]
♪ They will believe ♪
♪ I know you know that's not me ♪♪
[Cecil] Donald, where the hell are you?
We've got a situation.
[Mark groans]
[Kregg] Good, you're alive.
[sighs] My dad, what are you doing...?
Don't speak. Listen.
My name is General Kregg.
You've survived your first true battle
in proving yourself worthy of your Viltrumite heritage.
Go fuck yours...
Your father will be executed, and you will return to Earth.
You will assume his mission
and prepare the planet for our rule.
I know this may not appeal to you, given your sympathies,
so I'll put it like this.
You can kill a few humans to convince them to capitulate,
or we will kill millions if we arrive to find you
or your planet still defiant against us.
We will check on your progress soon.
And unlike your father,
we do not change our minds.
Good luck on your mission.
- [groans] - [ship whirring]
[♪ Run the Jewels: "The Ground Below"]
[grunts]
[sighs] It's about time.
Messy wiring.
Sloppy welding.
Obviously the work of a clone.
But it'll do.
Yes, King Mauler.
I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner.
Why stop at one idiot clone when I can have so many more?
Oof. I hope one of you is better in the kitchen.
No wonder your bourguignon is terrible.
You can't even make decent lemonade.
[groaning]
My bourguignon is exquisite, you jackass.
And so is my lemonade.
When it's not laced with a modified mycotoxin, that is.
[groaning]
[choking]
And sometimes things are the way they are
for a good fucking reason.
♪ Born from the ether ♪
♪ I just appeared out a cloud of reefer ♪
♪ Screaming "Fuck the world" ♪
♪ It can drink what's coming out my urethra ♪
♪ I'll slap a dying child ♪
♪ He don't pronounce my name correct ♪
♪ Rules have gotta be rules, any exceptions ♪
♪ And I'm not a leader ♪
♪ Think in the box, I'm not gettin' my fix ♪
♪ Then shit is iffy ♪
♪ Fellate a doughnut hole ♪
♪ Wife don't get to the crib and quickly ♪
♪ I'll watch my mouth when I'm finished ♪
♪ Watchin' y'all suck clout ♪
♪ Don't doubt you put an ounce of that evil on me ♪
♪ I'm flippin', Ricky, I give an inch to you simps ♪
♪ I'll never forgive me, not sayin' it's a conspiracy ♪
♪ But you're all against me ♪
♪ You see a future where Run the Jewels ain't the shit ♪
♪ Cancel my Hitler-killin' trip ♪
♪ Turn the time machine back around a century ♪
♪ You say that you don't love me, hey ♪
♪ I'm guessin' I'm-a be okay ♪
♪ You say that you don't feel me now ♪
♪ I feel like I'm-a live somehow ♪
♪ Your love never meant much to me ♪
♪ Love never meant much to me ♪
♪ Love never meant much to me, uh-uh ♪
♪ Love never meant much ♪♪