SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC Edited by Ai-Media www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016 GEARS CLANK TICKING SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFIES COMPUTER BEEPS HISSING ALARM BLARING ALARM CONTINUES BLARING COMPUTER BEEPS (TYPES) (BANGS ON COUNTER) ALARM CONTINUES BLARING RAIN PATTERS SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES MAN: People will say I'm a monster for what I've done. And maybe they're right. I always thought that I'd have more... time. BOY: Dad? Dad! I'm sorry. Peter? DRAMATIC MUSIC MARY: He likes to sleep with the light on at night. Mary, we have to go. WHISPERS: Dad. Be good. MARY: I found a safe place for us to spend the night at Lake Geneva. Are you uploading it? RICHARD: To Roosevelt. All of it. Just in case we... We're gonna be fine, Mary. Did you see his face? He's never gonna understand. Mary, we've been through this. Our life, as we know it, is over. We're gonna spend every day, from now on, looking over our shoulders. Never feeling safe. We can't do that to him. He's just a little boy. I know, I know. It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be all right. (SNIFFLES) No rest for the weary, huh? No, I'm afraid not. Occupational hazard, I guess. What is it you're working on? Uh, just-just planning ahead. Do you think I could speak with the pilot? Something you need? Perhaps I can help. I'd just like to radio ahead and make sure everything's in order for when we land. I think we both know that's not an option, Dr. Parker. RATTLING MARY MUFFLED: Richard. They say you're a genius. MARY: Richard! Not if you thought you could escape. MARY: Richard! Mary! MARY GRUNTS MEN GRUNT GLASS SHATTERS SMASH! GUNSHOT, MARY GASPS Mary! RICHARD GROWLS MEN GRUNT It's okay. It's okay. That's okay. It's okay. I got you. I have you, okay? Okay? Just gonna make you... Just gonna make you safe. It's done. It's done. Can you breathe? Mare? MARY GASPING Roosevelt. What? Roosevelt. It's back up. It's back up. It's back up, okay? Hey, hey, hey. We're gonna be all right, okay? You stay with me. MAN GRUNTS ENGINES WHINING GRUNTING (GROWLING) GRUNTING Argh! RICHARD GASPING GUNSHOT BOOM! GRUNTING MAN YELLS COMPUTER TRILLS COMPUTER BEEPS POIGNANT MUSIC POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES RUMBLING RUMBLING FADES AWAY HEROIC MUSIC BUILDS HEROIC MUSIC CONTINUES HORNS BLARE Whoo! Ow! Yippee! (LAUGHS) What do you got for me today, New York? REPORTER: Reporting live from New York One chopper. An Oscorp truck carrying plutonium has been hijacked. A police chase is in progress. SPIDER-MAN: All right, let's get to work! Say hello to Aleksei Sytsevich! (MANIACAL LAUGHTER) (WHOOPS) SIRENS WAILING SIRENS CONTINUE TYRES SCREECH SIRENS WAILING MAN: Spider-Man! Hello, pedestrians! SIRENS WAILING CLANG! DRAMATIC ACTION MUSIC SIRENS WAIL SPIDER-MAN: Knock, knock! Mr Criminal. Hey, my name is Spider-Man. You can call me Web-Head, you can call me Amazing, just don't call me late for dinner, you get it? Not a shaker? Are you a hugger? Aah! I am killer! Whoa! Okay! FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE: Warning. Plutonium-238 is a radioactive material and is highly explosive. Excuse me. There's more room on the sidewalk, folks, please. Watch it, man! I got blueprints here. Excuse me... A little help? A little help, please? (MUTTERING) You having a problem with your gun? Let me help you out with that. Oh, comin' through! Too much work... SPIDER-MAN: Oh, this is bad. I'm gonna be right back. (ALEKSEI SCREAMS) Heads up, watch out. CRASHING Whew! Okay, okay, there you go. You okay? You all right? You're Spider-Man. Costume gives it away, huh? Look, these look pretty important, Max. Max. How do you know my name? It's written on your badge. I'm a nobody. Hey, you're not a nobody. You're a somebody. Lick that. All right, listen to me. Now, I need you. Really? You're my eyes and ears out here. Okay. All right? All right. I'll see you out there. FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE: Warning. Violation of protocol. SIRENS WAILING TYRES SCREECHING MEN GRUNT SIRENS WAILING, CRASHING YELLING, AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE Hands up! Get him, Spidey! Watch it! Gotcha. Gotcha. Nope. Got you too. SIRENS WAILING Hey, no, you-- Nope, you're not going anywhere. Come here, come here, come to daddy. Get the hell out of the way! Okay, stop it! Stop it! Whew! Oh, come on! Hey, wait, come back here! Heel! Gotcha. Whargh! SIRENS WAILING RINGTONE PLAYING Hey, I'm, I'm sorry, I'm running a bit late. I got stuck in some traffic. Your timing is terrible. It started already. I know, I'm sorry. Where are you? 1st and Broadway, 2nd and Broadway, 3rd and Broadway. Uh, five minutes, ten tops. Are those sirens? No. Peter. No. Peter. No sirens. SIRENS WAILING No... Peter, what's happening? Peter...? Peter? SIREN WAILING GWEN: Hello? MAN: Now I'd like to introduce an extraordinary young woman. WHISPERS: Peter! I'll be right there. Promise. Pete... ...this year's valedictorian, please welcome Gwen Stacy. CHEERING Good morning, esteemed faculty and families of my fellow graduates. It's an honor to be standing up here today. HORNS BLARING SIRENS WAILING Hello. ALEKSEI: Hey! Get off! I told you I am running a bit late. Ha, ha! It's over, spider. Really? I know we all think that we're immortal. We're supposed to feel that way. We're graduating. But like our brief four years in high school, what makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever. What makes it precious is that it ends... and I know that now, more than ever... And I say it... today, of all days, to remind us that time is luck. So don't waste it living someone else's life. Make yours count for something. Fight for what matters to you, no matter what. 'Cause even if we fall short... what better way is there to live? MAN SPEAKS NATIVE LANGUAGE, SPIDER-MAN REPLIES ALEKSEI YELLING, RAPID GUNFIRE I'll take that. That's not yours. (SPIDER-MAN WHISTLING HAPPILY) (GRUNTS) (CONTINUES WHISTLING HAPPILY) (GROWLING) This is not end, Spider! APPLAUSE, CHEERING PRINCIPAL CONWAY: Michael Oates. Julia Orchard-Heymans. CHEERING Alexis Ortiz. IN DISTANCE: Bo Parisi. Peter Parker. I think I know that guy. Peter Park... CHEERING, APPLAUSE Sorry. CHEERING, WHISTLING (LAUGHING) Wait, do that again, do that again. Oh, Peter, for... Lord's sakes, I almost stole a cap and gown to run up there myself. Well, I'd love to have seen that. That would've been pretty awesome. No, no, this is for you. Oh, I am so proud of you. You earned it. Sweetheart, I'm so proud of you. I know the first thing your Uncle Ben would say. Yeah, I know too. Yeah. "You better hurry up, party's over." No. "You got to get a job." Well, all right, the second thing he would say: "Don't just follow the path, make your own trail." That's Ralph Waldo Emerson. No. What do you mean, no? Ben told me he made it up. BOTH LAUGH Why, you really did learn something here. I wish your uncle could have been here. Yeah, me too. And my folks. Yeah. Yeah. LAUGHTER That would have been good. All right, you can go, go on. Huh? I'll be right back. PETER: Got your programme? Okay, guys, get together, get together right now. Hi. A quick one. All right, cheese. Cheese. Cheese. Okay. All right. I'll just be over here. Yeah, just give me two seconds. Okay, no, no, take your time. Don't go too far. It's good to see you. All right, all right. All right. Hey. Did your, um, did your traffic jam have anything to do with the Russian Mob and machine guns by any chance? Why didn't you just tell me? Because what am I gonna do? You're about to do your speech... Gwen, honey. Family photo. GWEN: Yes. Okay. Hey, you coming to eat dim sum? Can't keep me away. It's at 8:00-- Don't be late. I won't be. Okay. And I'm gonna do my speech for you. All night? I want to hear it all night long. I'm gonna do my speech for you over and over again, all night long. Okay. Oh, my gosh! It was pretty good. Great. Peter! Join us? Come on. GWEN: Yeah? I got to find my aunt, I got to find my aunt, but I'm gonna catch up later. Thank you. GWEN: Hi! CAPTAIN STACY: You're gonna make enemies. People will get hurt. So I want you to promise me something, okay? Leave Gwen out of it. Promise me that. She's gonna take our picture, okay? INDISTINCT CHATTER Peter's outside. I'm gonna go see if he's okay. QUIETLY: What are you doing? What are you...? Peter. What is it? Hey. What's wrong? Are you all right? I don't know what I'm doing. It's my father, isn't it? Yeah. I see him everywhere I go. I can't... I-I don't know what, I don't know what to do, and I can't get him, get him out of my head. Yeah, but we've talked about this. I know, but, Gwen... It's not his choice. Gwen... I promised him that I would keep away from you. And now I'm gonna come and eat dinner with your family. How can I do this? What does that, what does this make me? I don't know, what does that make you? It makes me not able to live with myself. I thought that it meant you loved me. I do love you. I love you. Then why isn't that enough? Hmm? Because... What if something happens to you, just like it happened to him, because of me? No, wait, wait, wait! Listen, no, he... I cannot let that happen. Listen to me. You're Spider-Man and I love that. But I love Peter Parker more. That's worth it to me. I can't lose you too. If because you can't lose me, we can't be together... who does that work out for, Peter? I can't. I'm sorry, Gwen. Wow. You have done this to me again and again... Peter. I can't live like this. I break up with you. I break up with you. SOMBRE MUSIC SORROWFUL MUSIC SORROWFUL MUSIC CONTINUES 1 FEMALE RADIO HOST: Good morning, New Yorkers. Looking for another beautiful day here in the city. A few clouds to start us off... MALE RADIO HOST 1: The steady increase in sightings of Spider-Man has sparked a national debate over the role of vigilantism in American crime fighting... MALE RADIO HOST 2: How about that Spider-Man? Last night on the Manhattan Bridge, he saved a dozen lives. We want to hear your calls. MAN 1: I think, without Spider-Man, there'd be no hope for this city. MAN 2: Who do you think pays the bills for all the damages he causes, huh? It's you and me-- Taxpayers! You make this? Yeah. This is a wind turbine! You made this? No way! This is amazing. It's good as new, right? I'll walk you home. What's your name? Jorge. Jorge? I'm... I'm Spider-Man. MAN 3: I don't feel like my kids are safe with him out there. Get out of the way and let the police do their job. FEMALE RADIO HOST: Some folks think that there might be more than one Spider-Man. WOMAN SCREAMS What do you think? One guy or many? WOMAN: I'd love to know who's behind that mask. Hey, nice outfit. Thanks. MALE RADIO HOST 2: We have a caller on the line named Max-- He says he knows Spider-Man. PETER: Achoo! MAX: Listen, I'm upset. Spider-Man, to me, is being misunderstood. He's a very, very good person. MAN: Give me all the money! It'll take two seconds! MAX: He's protecting us, and not only that, but he saved my life one time. We sort of became best friends. STUFFED UP: How much? Hey, you're that spider guy. I'm Spider-Man. Huh? I'm... Achoo! (GROANS, SNIFFLES) I'm Spider-Man. MAN 4: This Spider-Man guy, He's not the police, he's not a fireman-- What gives him the right to get involved in other people's business? (IMITATES HISS OF WEB SHOOTING) SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE SORROWFUL MUSIC WHOOSH! You might only drive short distances to work each day. You might park securely at work. You may not drive your car to work at all. At Youi, we tailor your insurance premium to how you use or don't use your car. It could save you lots. Call: 1 KNOCK AT DOOR AUNT MAY: Peter, honey? Can I come in? (PETER GROANS) No! Peter, the final starts at 9:00, honey. And you said you would take my car into the shop because it keeps dying, remember? Give me a second, Aunt May. I'll get... I'm gonna get the door, just give me a second-- Just... Ju... Peter, please just let me in, all right? I'm trying to get... AUNT MAY: Your final is at 9:00. And you're going to take my car into the shop... PETER: No, no, you can't come in-- Stay outside, I'm so naked, it's just... AUNT MAY: Peter, for goodness...! PETER: Oh...! AUNT MAY: You-you-you said you're gonna take my car into the shop because it... Are you all right? Yeah. I'm okay. I'm just... I'm very naked right now. What happened to your face? It's filthy. It is? Yes. Oh, yeah, yeah, I was cleaning the chimney. We have no chimney. What? You're late. I know, I'm late. Downstairs...now. I ca... Can you leave? All right, I'm leaving. 'Cause I'm pretty naked here. Morning, I love you. l love you too. Hurry up. SOFT MUSIC SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES 1 SWITCHES CLICKING Whoa. Well, look who's here. Spidey! How was your morning? Aces, Max, aces. I've been out saving the world. Protecting everybody. But is someone celebrating a birthday today? That's why you're here. You remembered my birthday. Ha-ha-ha! Oh, whoa. All of the crime fighting you've been doing, and all of a sudden, you take time out to come visit little old me, Max. It's amazing to... but... But of course you would. Why wouldn't you visit me? We're best friends. What are you doing? You made me a cake? People don't get a chance to see these small kind things that you do for people. I... I know what they say about you in the press but it doesn't matter to me, because I know the real you. Because you're amazing. Wow! That's what the press needs. They should call you "The Amazing Spider-Man." You like that, Spidey? DEEPER VOICE: I like it a lot, Max. NORMAL VOICE: Good. Because today... is going to be...amazing. GENERATOR POWERS DOWN Circuit 39. I'm not late, Harvey. I'll be there in 15 minutes. I just want to know if you can find another waitress to replace me, because I start my training rounds at the hospital. And don't mention this to Peter. I don't want him to know. Because he'll worry, that's why. Uh, yeah...yeah. Okay, you got it. A double shift on Thursday. Okay, bye. Who was that? Harvey. Doing a double shift, huh? Sometimes. Got nothing else to do. I like the girls. I... I miss Ben. Gives me a little extra in the cookie jar. Mm. Well, I sold another, another couple of photos to the Bugle, so that ought to help. Yeah, it would really help if that guy would pay you a fair wage. No, Jameson... No, Jameson p-pays me a fair wage. If it was 1961, he pays me a fair wage. Hey, hey, hey! Wait! Wait! What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? - No, I do the laundry. - I'm doing my laundry. No, I do the laundry. No, I know, I'm... No, this is my job. I've been doing your laundry since you were 6 years old, okay? I understand that. I'm in college now. I think it's time that I took care of my own dirty underwear. Last time you did the laundry, you turned everything blue and red, so no. That was a mistake. Yeah. 'Cause I was washing th-the, the American flag. My... Can I please just...? No one washes a flag. I do, and I won't any more. Forget it. Fine. This is my machine. - Can I do my...? It's just underwear. Please? This is my laundry, my home, my machine. Back off, eat your breakfast. All right, laundry sheriff. I'll do it later. - I'll do it. Give it to me. - No, forget it. No, I'll do it some other time-- Forget it. MAN: Hey! Jerk. 'Scuse me. Not gonna make it. Logjam. Come on, come on, come on, come on... MAN 2: Watch it, buddy. MAN 3: Hey, let's go. KARI: Oscorp Industries is proud to announce the world's first electromagnetic power grid. By converting aging power stations into a field of hydroelectric towers, we are generating clean, green, sustainable energy to power Manhattan, the five boroughs, and eventually the world, for generations to come. Dillon. You're late. Doggone trains are so slow, sir. Don't you realize that Oscorp is now responsible for the entire city's energy supply? I do. I submitted a lot of designs for the power grid and they used a lot of them and I noticed that, and those power grids were designed by me. You designed them? Sure you did. And I'm Spider-Man. You're no Spider-Man! He's a Leo, you're a Sagittarius! You besmirch him again, I'm gonna rip your well-groomed head off. Now, get to work. What floor, please? Seventy-four. KARI: Thank you. GWEN: Oh, hold that! Can you hold that, please? I got it. Thank you. You're a real gentleman. Most people would've just let those close. Yeah, well, most people don't notice other people. KARI: What floor, please? Um... Ahem, 63... I got it. I got it. What is it? Uh, 63. MAX: Sixty-three, please. Thank you. MAX: And hurry. Thank you very much. Um... I'm, uh, Max. Max Dillon. I'm Gwen. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Is it your birthday? 'Cause, uh... Oh, oh, yeah, uh, well, I, uh, they... Friends of mine made this flyer up. I'm having a birthday party at a big club. A lot of celebrities. Wow. Would love to invite you, it's just that the guest list is closed. Oh, got it. Got it. Well, thank you, anyway. That's exciting. COMMENTATOR: ...this guy, dressed up like Spider-Man, hanging out near the blaze. It must be cool, huh? To have the whole world look at you like that? You know, Spider-Man saved my life one time. Out of all the people in the whole city, he saved me. He said he needed me. That must be a good feeling. BELL DINGS KARI: Sixty-third floor. Uh, it was nice to meet you, Max. Wait... She remembered my name. POWER WINDOW WHIRRS Welcome home. It's dark in there. Your eyes will adjust. It's better this way. MEDICAL MONITOR BEEPING QUIETLY, STEADILY MONITOR CONTINUES BEEPING QUIETLY: Dad. This is not how I imagined I would die-- Looking at my son and seeing a stranger. You have such potential, Harry. Such... fierce intelligence and you're throwing it all away. No, you threw me away. (SIGHS HEAVILY) You kicked me off to boarding school when I was 11. On my 16th birthday, you sent me Scotch. Or-Or one of your assistants did. I'm pretty sure, because the card read: "With compliments, Norman Osborn." I don't expect forgiveness from you any more. I don't believe in miracles. How could you possibly understand that your childhood had to be sacrificed for something greater? And not just for me. For you! Has your hand started to twitch yet? When you lay awake and you feel it coming, hiding under your skin, waiting to show itself. To show you... who you really are. (COUGHING) Retroviral hyperplasia. (GROANS) I never told you... that it's genetic. (MOANS QUIETLY) Our disease... the Osborn curse. And it began at your age. Let me see it. Your hand. Give it to me. The greatest inheritance... I can give you... isn't merely money. It's this. The sum total of all my work. Everything I did to stay alive. Maybe you can succeed where I failed. 1 (SIGHS) MAN OVER TV: This just in: Norman Osborn, the legendary founder and CEO of Oscorp Industries, has died, the Osborn estate has confirmed. He is survived by his only son, Harry Osborn, who is the sole heir of the Oscorp corporate empire. Harry. MAN: Osborn fundamentally changed the medical profession's approach to human healing and affected the lives of millions. I started Oscorp because I looked at the world around me and I thought, "We can do better. And we should do better." Einstein said the world cannot be changed without changing our thinking. But change isn't just a slogan. It begins with hard work. Change begins with persistence and commitment. Mr. Osborn changed the world. And now it's up to each of us to ensure that his hopes and dreams remain alive. But not today. PHONE BUZZING Today is for mourning. Hello? WOMAN: Is this Gwen Stacy? Yes, it is. Who's calling? I'm calling from the Oxford Scholars Program. We have some exciting news. Oh. Dillon. You stay here. What? There's a current flow problem in the genomics lab. Why don't you stay and take a look at that? But it's my birthday. Everybody else is leaving. Why do I have to stay? Because you're special. Smythe. I mean, Mr. Smythe... ELEVATOR BELL DINGS Happy birthday. KARI: Bioelectrogenesis. The generation of electricity STAMMERING: by living organisms t-t-to fend off... MAX: Let's see what's going on with you. Hey, guys. KARI: The genetically manipulated STUTTERING: in this tank... ELECTRICAL CRACKLING MAX: Just a little sick. Mm-hm. I got your medicine, though. I'm so sick that I can't get to my birthday after all I put together for this company. Designed and created everything. Ugh. I should've stretched. KARI: Warning: malfunction in sector 5A. I know. Just a little indigestion. I bet you didn't know it was my birthday, did you, Kari? Think you can sing "Happy Birthday" for me? I'll just have to sing it for myself. Gilbert. GILBERT (OVER RADIO): What? It's Max. Can we shut down, uh, power on sector, uh, 32, please? GILBERT: Forget it. I'm out the door. What do you mean, no? Listen, I'm up here. It's dangerous. GILBERT: Sorry, Max. Hello? Fine. I'll do it myself. And sing my birthday song too. This is crazy. # Happy birthday # ELECTRICAL CRACKLING # To me # # Happy birthday # # Dear Max... # # Happy birthday # # To me # (SIGHS) EXPLOSIVE CRACKLING, YELLING ELECTRICAL BUZZING, CRACKLING (HISSES) ELECTRICAL BUZZING, CRACKLING KARI: System restored. Have a nice day. MAN: Harry... Oscorp's been under intense public scrutiny in the wake of Dr. Conner's recent, uh...breach of trust. You mean people are pissed off 'cause he tried to turn everyone in New York City into giant lizards. Given that, all the animal hybrid programs he was involved in were destroyed to restore investor confidence. Ah. That is the Osborn way. Whatever's inconvenient around here, just get rid of it, right? Much of that scrutiny may fall on you now. We felt that plausible deniability was your best option. Sure, sure, I get it. Twenty-year-old kid. $200 billion company. What was Dad thinking? I mean, you're all lawyers, right? Surely, someone must have questioned his sanity in the end. Someone must have thought about having him declared legally incompetent. It would have made this conversation a lot easier. Harry... It's Mr. Osborn. We're not friends. BELL TOLLING IN DISTANCE Hi. You were his assistant, right? Mm-hm. What's your name? Felicia. Felicia. From now on, everybody at this table works for Felicia, because Felicia works for me. Would anybody like to speak up? Well, good. Then you can all keep your jobs a little longer. WHISPERS: Sir, there's a Peter Parker here to see you. Felicia, I want to see every file on this list. Every single one. Peter Parker. It's like seeing a ghost. Hey, Harry. Random. Ten years. It's eight. Close. What's up? I saw the news, man. I heard about your dad, and I wanted to come and... Just wanted to come and see you, check to see how you were doing. Yeah, I'm, uh... I'm with some people. (SIGHS) I'm in a... I'm in a meeting. I'm sorry. I don't... I don't want to intrude. I know it's been a long time, and... I kind of know exactly what you're going through right now. And you were so there for me when my parents... Well, that's why I'm... I'm here for you. Thank you. Ah, it's good to see you, man. It's good to see you. I'm sorry about your dad. You got your braces off. (LAUGHS) Now there's nothing to distract from your unibrow. There he is. There he is. (HARRY LAUGHING) You still blow-dry your hair every morning? Um, you know, one of my manservants holds the hair dryer, but I work the comb. Okay? So...at least I'm not completely helpless. Ha-ha-ha! You're stupid. HARRY: After graduation, I went to Brazil, then Singapore. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. And then Europe. You know, I went to Europe. I saw you. What do you mean, you saw me? I saw you in some magazine with some French supermodel. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ha-ha-ha! (PETER LAUGHS) Dude, that whole model thing is so exhausting. I know. (PETER LAUGHING) HARRY: What? You got a lady? Uh... That's a question. (GRUNTING) That's a question. Whoa, buddy. No, I don't. Yeah. I don't know. It's, uh... I don't know. It's complicated. Yeah, I don't do complicated. Uh, what's her name? Who is she? Her name is Gwen. Gwen Stacy. Gwen Stacy. She works for you. Ha, really? She works for me? At Oscorp. Wow. Well, she does work-study at Oscorp. Is she a model employee? (HARRY LAUGHS) HARRY: You know, when my father sent me away, I tried to forget everything about this place. ROCK SKIPPING ON WATER I guess that kind of included you. You ain't gotta explain anything to me, man. We both got dumped. You ever figure out why your parents bailed? My dad left a briefcase. That's all I got, a briefcase full of junk. Whatever. I don't know. I try not to think about it. How's that working out for you? Perfectly. (CHUCKLES) Nice arm. It's just the wrist. It's just all in the wrist, buddy. OVER SPEAKER: You could do it too, if you just strengthened up that. HARRY CHUCKLING: Yeah, right. You got to admit, though, things have gotten crazy around here, man. Giant lizards and... spider guys. Just one guy. Just one spider man. Or woman. We don't know...for sure. Whatever, dude. He wears spandex to rescue kittens from trees. I'm so impressed. I kind of like to think he gives people hope. For what? Maybe eventually everything's going to be all right. Yeah, I just wish I had time for "eventually." ROCK SKIPPING ON WATER MAN: Who was he? Maxwell Dillon. Electrical engineer. No associates or friends to speak of. He submitted specs for the grid that we... appropriated. Guy was just... invisible. Wall Street's nervous enough with that child, Harry, taking over. We've got to find a way to get him out. In the meantime, if the press gets hold of this accident, our stock will crater. So make sure this Mr. Dillon stays invisible. This could prove useful for us in the future. 1 LIGHTS CRACKLING, BUZZING BUZZING AND POPPING POWER THRUMMING WHIRRING CRASH! GLASS SHATTERS, ELECTRICITY CRACKLES TOOL WHIRRS (GASPING) (GRUNTING) (GRUNTING) CELL PHONE BUZZING Hey. TENSE MUSIC HORNS HONKING BICYCLE BELL DINGING # Some say love is a...# TYRES SQUEAL, HORN HONKS MAN: Hey, moron! Get out of the street! HORN BLARES # Oh, but I know love # # As a fading thing # # Just fickle as a feather... # Hey. CHUCKLING: Hi. Hi. You look amazing. I'm sorry for the spontaneous outreach. I didn't... It was kind of... No, I don't... I... Spontaneous... is all right, you know. Well, I just figured it was time. You know? Time that we try to be friends. Okay. Friends, yeah. That's... great. I just don't want us to be complicated. I was just saying that to someone. I hate complicated. Keep it simple. Okay. Great, great. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. Well, I mean... SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE Ha, ha! If, uh... If we're going to be friends, I think we got to... We got to establish some... Some ground rules. Some ground rules? Yeah, some ground rules. Ha-ha-ha! Like that. Like what? That-That laugh. That laugh. What? That's off the table. My laugh is off the table? That laugh is off the ta... You got... You got to figure out a more annoying laugh. (CACKLING) That's still adorable. That was not adorable. It's adorable. No, it's not adorable. Okay. I have a ground rule. Oh, good. What is it? Um... Uh, don't tell me that I look amazing with your big, brown doe eyes. Okay? I'm really serious about that one. Oh, no. What? I just figured out the next ground rule. What? No more of this. No more... No more of this little nose rub that you do. This? Don't think I haven't... Hey. What am I supposed to do? It's allergy season. This is killing me. I... You're just spitting in the face of my ground rules. I'm out. Come on. First, we get ice cream and then I'm out. (COUGHING) CAR ALARMS BLARING ELECTRICAL HUMMING (GRUNTS) ELECTRICAL BUZZING AND HUMMING Uh, yeah, so I did that. And I got... completely addicted to this place that has Korean meatballs. Yeah. Have you been there? Oh, I know, no. It's mind-blowing. Oh, that place on 6th. I know. You love it there. How do you know that? Hmm? How do you know I love it there? 'Cause, um... 'Cause you told me. (EXHALING NERVOUSLY) It just opened last month. (PETER CHUCKLES) Have you been following me? I knew it. How often? Just once a day, sometimes. Sometimes more. Oh, boy. Why? Make sure I'm safe? Yeah. And what? And because it's the closest I can get to still being with you. I'm moving to England. What? Yeah. I'm... I have a, um... I'm up for a scholarship to Oxford. In molecular medicine. And it's between me and this other kid, and there's this oral exam that we have to do. And he's, like, a freshman in college, but he's 14, and, um... and it's... It could be him, but it might be me. I hope it's me. And I'm thinking that I'll go to... I'll be moving to England. Wow. Yeah. And I'm really excited. That's, uh... England. INTRIGUING MUSIC What? PULSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC SIREN WHOOPS IN DISTANCE VARIOUS OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS RUSTLING, WHOOSHING DISTORTED ELECTRICAL HUMMING ELECTRICAL CRACKLING ELECTRICAL CRACKLING Station, I need a 10-85. Send out additional units to the south-end corner of Duffy Square. Could you just step aside for a second? Everybody, get out of the way, please! Get out of the way! Sir! Get your hands away from the cables right now. Sir! Get your hands away from the cables! Let me see your hands, please. You stay right where you are. Do not move. Freeze! Get down! On the ground! HORN HONKING OFFICER 1: Move! Move! Everybody, get out of here! Get out of here! SIRENS WAILING (GRUNTING, PANTING) CLAMOURING Get down on the ground now! Stop! Get your ass down on the ground! Now! It's not my fault. Stop! Stop! OFFICER 1: Sir! I'm going to need for you... Please! The... The... For your own safety and the safety of the other patrons in this area. QUIETLY: Oh my gosh. They see me. You see me. OFFICER 1: Sir, get down on the ground now! Face down, arms and legs spread! You see me. They see me. CURIOUS MUSIC (GASPS) No, stop. On the ground now! Down on the ground! Don't do that! Please! OFFICER 2: It's over, freak! Wait! It's not my fault. Put your face on the ground! It's not my fault. OFFICER: There's nowhere to go, buddy! Show me your hands! Right now! I said stop! POLICE RADIO WARBLING I'm glad you're not one of those cops that rides a horse. GUNFIRE All team members, hold your fire and wait for my call. OVER RADIO: All units, hold your fire! I repeat, hold your fire! Stand down! GUNFIRE STOPS Stop. Stop it. Yo, Sparkles. Hey, how you doing? It's you. Yeah, I know it's me. Who are you? ELECTRICAL CRACKLING You don't remember me? No. Should I? I walked into the street. A car almost hit me. You swooped me up. You saved me. You said you needed me. The guy... You're the guy with the blueprints. Yes. Blueprints. Yes, I remember you. Of course I remember you. You're my eyes and ears. Uh, what's your... What's your name again? How could you forget me? No, I do. I know it, I know it. Don't tell me. It's Max. Is it Max? Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't recognize you with the... You look different. How are you? I don't know what's going on with me. I can see that. I can... I-I believe you. It's strange, the power I feel. I got so much... I got so much anger. I can see that. I can see you don't want to be here. I can see you're scared. I can see you don't know what's happening to you. I can see that you don't want to hurt anybody. It'll be all right. Got a clear shot. Standing by. I don't want them shooting me any more. - They're not gonna shoot you. You guys, this is my buddy Max. I told you about Max. No one shoots at Max! Max... SPIDER-MAN: You and me. It's just you and me talking. Whoa! Stay there. Stay there. Just be careful of the grate 'cause of the electricity. Just... I just... I just wanted everyone to see me. MAN OVER RADIO: He makes a move, you take that shot. How about you come with me? Okay. We'll go somewhere. We'll talk. Away from all these people, okay? Yeah. Yes. GUNSHOT No! No! Don't! (YELLS) CROWD GASPS ELECTRICITY CRACKLES DRAMATIC MUSIC CHEERING CROWD CHANTING: Spidey! Spidey! Spidey! MAN: You stupid freak! BOOING, CATCALLING MAX WHISPERING, MUTTERING TO HIMSELF WOMAN: Electro dummy! DISTORTED VOICE WHISPERING DISTORTED VOICE: He lied to me, he shot at me, he hates me. He's using me... MAN: Get outta here, you freak! Shut up! BOOING, CATCALLING CONTINUE DISTORTED VOICE CONTINUES You're so selfish... He's dead to me... Stay with me, Max. You set me up. No, I didn't set you up. You lied to me! No, I'm trying to help you. Let me help you. (MAX ROARS) SOFT, DREAMLIKE MUSIC SOFT, DREAMLIKE MUSIC CONTINUES WEB HISSES DRAMATIC MUSIC (GRUNTS) (SCREAMS) Oh! Whoa! CHEERING CLAMOURING CHEERING It's my birthday. Now it's time for me to light my candles! DRAMATIC MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES PEOPLE SCREAMING DISTORTED VOICE CONTINUES WHISPERING They lied to me, they shot at me, they hated me... DISTORTED VOICE CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY (ROARING) POWERING DOWN MUFFLED BOOM PULSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC PEOPLE SCREAMING SCREAMING, CLAMORING CLAMOURING CLAMOURING SCREAMING OFFICER: Do we have visual on Spider-Man? Does anyone have visual on Spider-Man? (MAX GRUNTING) (SIGHS) All right, that's enough. All right, Mike. Yeah! Big John. Nice job. SPIDER-MAN: Nice work, fellas. It's a pleasure doing business with you. ELECTRICAL CRACKLING Spider-Man... (SIGHS) England? Really? Good talk (!) 1 (GROANS) NEWS ANCHOR: Our coverage on this breaking story begins with New York 1's Jessica Abo at the scene. That's right. We're standing here with two eyewitnesses, who are going to tell us what they just saw. Tell us, how do you think Spider-Man did it? How do you think he beat this creature? It's gotta be rubberized-- Spidey's suit-- That's why he didn't get electrocuted. Probably neoprene. That's what I'd use, honestly. ABO: Okay, thank you very much, to the two of you. So many questions remain unanswered. But we will bring you the latest information as it becomes available. For now, Jessica Abo, New York 1. Let's send it back to you. (BLOWS) MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY THROUGH EARBUDS # When life leaves you high and dry # # I'll be at your door tonight # # If you need help If you need help # # I'll shut down The city lights # # I'll lie, cheat I'll beg and bribe # # To make you well To make you well # # When enemies Are at your door # # I'll carry you Away from war # # If you need help If you need help # # Your hope Dangling by a string # # I'll share in Your suffering # # To make you well To make you well # # Give me reasons to believe # # That you would do the same For me # # And I would do it for you For you # # Baby, I'm not moving on # # I'll love you Long after you're gone # # For you, for you # # You will never sleep alone # # I'll love you Long after you're gone # # For you, for you # # Baby, I'm not moving on # # I'll love you Long, long after you're gone # # Like a drum, baby Don't stop beating # # Like a drum, baby Don't stop beating # # Like a drum my heart Never stops beating for you # # And long after You're gone, gone, gone # # I'll love you long after You're gone, gone, gone # Online polls show a sudden uptick in public sentiment in favor of the web crawler. Tonight, it would seem New York City owes him a debt of gratitude. Aah! QUIET BLIPPING, WHIRRING SOFT, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC SOFT, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES KARI: Next generation military body armor. Features include enhanced mobility, battlefield injury repair, direct nervous system interface. So the common household spider, um, unlike human cells, theirs contain the power to self-heal from severe infection, tissue damage, et cetera. We've used a radioactive isotope with compatible human DNA. MAN OVER COMPUTER: Welcome to Dr. Jallings, Science Investigator. Today, we're going to be talking about electricity. Batteries, insulators, electromagnetic currents. Batteries can withstand a lot of incoming charges. The more powerful the battery, the bigger the charge it can withstand. But if the incoming charge exceeds the outgoing charge, the battery might explode! Aah! And explode! Boom! Aah! When doing experiments like this, always wear protective gear. You're not invincible. We're gonna need a bigger battery. ENERGETIC MUSIC Argh! (SHOUTS, SCREAMS) HISSING, CRACKLING RINGTONE PLAYING CLANG! (PETER GROANS) HAMMER CLANKS ON FLOOR (GROANING) Hello. HARRY: Pete, it's me. Hi, Harry. What... What time is it? HARRY: Uh, late, early-- I don't know. I've been up all night. HARRY: I need to see you. You all right? HARRY: Not really, Pete. I'm dying. But I think you can help save my life. NORMAN: You're looking at the world's first human-spider hybrids. RICHARD: The hope is to extract the venom from their glands and turn that into a cure. An agent that heals diseased cells. NORMAN: And if I can be cured, imagine what this could do for other diseases like Alzheimer's, even cancer. HARRY: They never made it to human trials. 14 years of research and nothing to show for it. Except maybe this. Spider-Man. What about him? He was bitten by one of those things, and it worked. I don't know how, and I don't know why, but... he can do everything else a spider can, including self-heal. I need to find him. I need his blood. ELECTRONIC BLIPPING You need... Spider-Man's blood? It'll save my life. It may not, Har. It may not be that simple. You saw what happened to Curt Connors, right? Connors was weak. This is me, Peter. I don't think you can just set up a van and have him donate. I mean, I'm sure he's sensitive about... (SCOFFING) Sensitive, sensitive... People shoving needles and... Well, I don't know. Wow. He's sensitive. Okay. Well, then, maybe you could just sensitively tell me where he is and I will go ask him myself. What? You took his picture. So? You know him. Harry, I took a picture from a long way away. I used a long lens. I don't know him. I put together what you said at the river. What I... About how he gives people hope. Come on... COMPUTER BEEPING (TYPING) What in the...? Just say yes. Don't turn your back on me! I don't want to end up like my father, Peter. Please. Peter, please. I can't. MUFFLED: Please. I'm gonna try... and find Spider-Man. (PETER SIGHS HEAVILY) MAN: Hey, what's security doing over here? WOMAN: That's so weird. SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY MAN: Hey! Miss Stacy! SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC Oh! Oof! Hi. Hi. What are you doing here? What are you doing here? MAN 1: She's not here. Check another floor. MAN 2: Got it! MAN 3: Yes, sir! You're in trouble. Yeah. Who's that guy? There was an accident in the genomics lab and they're covering it up. And I found out. That guy from Times Square last night? I met him. He was an electrical engineer in the building. And he loved Spider-Man, by the way. He was, like, a fanatic. I didn't get a love vibe last night. I got more of a 'wants to kill me with his electricity' vibe. That's actually kind of what it's like to love you. I was searching for him in the computer, and all the files, he's erased. He's completely erased. Oh my God. That's Oscorp. And what about you? Why are you here? Harry. Osborn? He's dying. What do you mean? He's dying... and he thinks the only thing that's gonna save his life is my blood, is Spider-Man's blood. And as far as I know, if I give it to him, it could kill him. Or something worse. I know. This is the maintenance closet, Gwen. This is the most cliched hiding place you could've chosen. This is the stupidest hiding place. Oh, I'm sorry... I didn't take us to the Bahamas of hiding places. Listen, listen... I gotta talk to you about England, I guess, because I don't... You just kissed me. I know, I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. How'd you like it? It felt a little bit rushed. I know. I know. This is the plan. You get to the elevator. I'm gonna distract him, okay? Okay. Okay. TENSE MUSIC God... damn it! I'm so... I just spilled a hot latte all over your-- I didn't mean to do that. Oh, no! And you too? I'm sorry. Miss! Stay right there! PETER: I'm sorry, sir. Just stay right there. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Hey! Hey! Stop! All right. On your way. I'm sorry. I'm all thumbs today. (PANTING) Gwen Stacy. (GASPS) Oh, my God. Sorry. Sorry. No, it's okay. Uh, I'm... I'm Harry. Yeah. I'm an old friend of Peter's. Yeah, I know who you are. Sorry. I was kind of rushing. No, I'm-I'm sorry he never introduced us. I thought you two had broken up. Oh... Yeah. Yes, we had. And it's... It's complicated. Complicated. Yeah. I mean, it's Peter. Heh, heh, everything's always complicated with Peter. Ha-ha-ha, yeah. Yeah, it's... Yeah, you're right. But that's why he needs you. Right? To help him make his choices clear. ELEVATOR BELL DINGS Nice to meet you, Harry. DOORS SLIDE OPEN Yeah, it's such a pleasure, Gwen. Staying on top can take an extra boost. Sometimes you need an energy drink with something more - something smarter, healthier. Introducing new Berocca Forward. We've added vitamins, minerals and the natural energy of guarana. Now that's forward thinking. Berocca Forward - more than just energy. TENSE MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING STEAM HISSING MECHANICAL WHIRRING CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING 1 You've been in a terrible accident. I'm Dr Kafka. I'm here to help you. 'Course you are, Doc. That's why you're preparing military-grade biostim electrodes. High-intensity capacitors. The kind they make at Oscorp. All of this 'cause you're trying to help me. You are correct. I'm here to study you, to understand what you are, why you are, und I will get results. ELECTRICITY CRACKLING (GROANING) (GASPING) I always do. (TYPING) You do realize... you locked me in a prison... that runs... on electricity. (CHUCKLES) I can feel it in the walls. I can feel it in my veins. No matter what you do, Doc, you can't contain it. It's a force of nature. Like me. (LAUGHING) Ja. ELECTRICAL CRACKLING (GROANING) (LAUGHING) (PANTING) You want to know how powerful I am? Ja. Well, so do I. (GRUNTING) ELECTRICAL CRACKLING (GROANING) I'm dying...to know... Doc. But you better make damn sure you kill me this time. 'Cause if you don't, I'm gonna kill the light, so everyone in this city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world. ALARM BEEPING A world without power. A world without mercy. A world without Spider-Man. And everyone will be able to see me for who I truly am. And who are you? Don't you know? I'm Electro. ELECTRICITY CRACKLES, ALARM BEEPING AUTOMATED VOICE: Warning. Electrical restraint capacity reached. Initiate lockdown procedure immediately. Very impressive, Electro. Lockdown initiated. MECHANICAL WHIRRING (YELLING) (MUFFLED YELLING) PETER: Aunt May? What are you doing? When did you do this? (CLICKS TONGUE) There's something you're not telling me, Aunt May. Every time I mention my parents, your eyes go down. I know that you're not telling me something. You lie to me. I know you love me. I don't lie to you. I know you love me, but you do. Aunt May, Aunt May. You have to tell me, May. That's my father. Yes, he was your father. But that didn't seem to stop him from leaving you...here. I need the truth. The truth is, your parents left you here, on our doorstep. And you were this little boy whose whole world was turned upside down with no explanation. We did the best we could, your Uncle Ben and I. I mean, who else was gonna care for you and protect you and worry about you? Your father? No. I was the one who wiped your nose and made you brush your teeth and do your homework or washed your dirty underwear. Me! Your stupid, non-scientific aunt, who doesn't know how to make ends meet, who has to take nursing classes with 22-year-old kids so I can pay for you to go to college. And I don't know how to do this without Ben. I don't know how. And-And you're dreaming about your perfect father, who was never here. No. No, I won't tell you. You're my boy. As far as I'm concerned, you're my boy. And I won't hurt you. WHISPERS: I'm your boy. You're my everything. You're enough. You're more than enough. That's not what this is about. Don't get that twisted. I love you so much. I know. WHISPERS: It's okay. (SNIFFLES) It's okay. May... I need to know. WHISPERS: All right. (SIGHS) I'll tell you everything I know. But it will hurt you. Okay. (SIGHS) A few days after the funeral, two government men came to see us. They said the genetics research that your father was doing with Norman Osborn was very valuable and that people would pay a lot for it. And that's why he ran off with it. They said he was a traitor. I couldn't believe it, Peter. They told us he betrayed his best friend, all of us, for the money. I don't... (SIGHS) Oh, I don't get it. No, I don't-- This doesn't make sense. Yes, I know. I know. I didn't believe it either. I didn't believe it... It doesn't make any sense. Peter, I don't know. For so long, I would play it over and over and over in my head. What had I missed? What had I missed? He was just this normal, unassuming guy. He wore the same ratty lab coat for 20 years. He took the D train to work at 7:00 every morning, came home at 6:00 every night. I don't know. Maybe everyone has a part of themselves they hide. Even from the people they love. WHISPERS: Peter. Peter. SPIDER-MAN: Mr. Osborn. Look up. Think you're looking for me. I cannot believe my eyes. Spider-Man. (CHUCKLES) Just the man I wanted to see. You, um... talked to Peter? Yeah. I want to help you, Mr. Osborn. I really, really do. I can't give you my blood. Not right now. Excuse me? It's too dangerous. If our blood is incompatible, you could die. I'm already dying. Your blood can't make me die more. But it could do something worse. Okay. All right, how much? How much what? How much do you want? Name it. You want a boat? You want a plane? You want money? How much do you want? I don't want your money. Come on! Everybody wants my money! I don't. I thought you... I thought you were supposed to save people. I thought that's what you do, is you save people's lives. You're... You're just gonna let me die. I'm trying to protect you right now. No, no, you are not. You're trying to protect yourself. Look... we just need a bit more time to figure out something else. I do not have time! (GRUNTS) (PANTING) I'm sorry. (GRUNTS) You're a fraud, Spider-Man! (GRUNTS) OBJECTS CLATTER (SIGHS) 1 Oof! Hey! Hi. Hi. Hi, I got to talk to you for a second. I'm-I'm running late right now. No, no, no. It's just gonna take a second. I can't. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Peter. I got to talk to you. Just give me one minute. I just want to say one thing. I just want to say one thing and I'm gone. Everything's a mess. Everything's insane. My dad, my mom-- Everything I thought about them? Lies. Ha! Lies. Lies, lies, lies. N-Nothing makes any sense anymore. So here we are. I got to figure out what I'm gonna do with Harry, because of course I want to save him. You know? I want to save him 'cause he's my best pal. And wh-what if my blood works? But what if it doesn't? I don't know. I got no idea. BOTH LAUGH Ugh. Oh, God. I got nothing. I got nothing. I know. The only thing I keep coming back to, Gwen, is... (SIGHS) WOMAN: Ms. Stacy? Shall I take you upstairs? Yes. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm-I'm already late. Uh, can I have just one more minute? Okay. Thank you. I'm sorry. I'm... Ahem. WHISPERS: Where are we? I have to... I'm at my...last interview for Oxford right now. PETER: Oxford. I didn't know. Yeah. Okay, well... I'm sorry to bother you, uh... What? ...my fair lady, but, um-- My-- Madam. But, um, uh, who am I? I mean, who am I? I'm John Hopkins. I'm-I'm one of the young professors at Harvard. What? What? And I've been trying to get her to be in my... Be a part of my team for a while now. And she's just the best person I know and a scientific genius. Okay. And... Anyway, God save the queen and... I'm sorry that everything's happening right... Peter, can you just wait for one second? Peter. Peter. What do you want to say to me? What's the "one thing"? (SIGHS) I have to go to England, Peter. It's important to me. I mean, I don't know. Maybe we're just... Maybe we're on different paths right now. You know? I don't know. Maybe we're just... going different ways. I don't... I've got to go. CHUCKLES: I got to go. Gwen. Good luck. Hi. Sorry. SOFT MUSIC SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES 1 1 SMASH! RATTLING TENSE MUSIC (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) AUNT MAY: He took the D train every morning at 7:20. Came home at 6:00 every evening. "Roosevelt's secret station. "Track 61, a secret subterranean extension "of New York's D Line train under Pershing Square, "originally built to transport President Franklin Roosevelt "away from the public eye, to keep his polio hidden "from the American people." (GASPS) Mr. Osborn? You all right? Is there anything I can get you or...? No, not unless you can bring those spiders back to life. Spiders? The ones that they destroyed "to... to restore investor confidence." Go home, Felicia. Take the day off. Harry. I think there may be another way to get what you're looking for. I overheard Menken talking with one of our security heads. Before they destroyed the spiders, they had the venom extracted. Uh... What? What are you saying? That way, they could comply with the lawsuits but still keep the data in case it ever became useful. Where is it? It's somewhere in the building. Somewhere off-books called Special Projects. COMPUTER BEEPING KARI OVER SPEAKERS: Special Projects. Most recent entry, one hour ago. "Approved by Harry Osborn." KARI OVER SPEAKERS: Accessing Ravencroft Archive. File 713. What the hell? KARI OVER SPEAKERS: File 71. Subject: Dillon, Max. ELECTRO OVER SPEAKERS: And then I'm gonna kill the light, so everyone in this city is gonna know how it feels to live in my world. A world without power. A world without Spider-Man. KARI OVER SPEAKERS: Warning. Your user access has been revoked. FELICIA: He's busy. You can't go in there. He's busy. What did you do? The more relevant question is what did you do? An employee is killed, and in your first action as CEO, you cover it up. No, you covered it up. And then you buried him in the bughouse using my name. Ravencroft is a timeworn institution devoted to mental improvement. You are experimenting on people in there. Progress has its stepping stones. Now, in light of your deceptive criminal actions, you've been-- How do I put this gently--? Fired. You are not going to bury me too. Looks to me like you're halfway in the ground already. It's only a matter of time. You're going to die a horrible death. Like your father. The difference is, no one is going to miss you. Get him out. Wait, wait. I know my way out. 1 MAN 1: I just spent $100. Can you believe that? MAN 2: I'll tell you why you should put the lid on that but quick. MAN 1: I tried! Good luck! MAN 2: You should tell her to come down here and find one of those alligators... MAN 1 LAUGHS SOFT, CURIOUS MUSIC SOFT, CURIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES 1 1 1 COIN RATTLES DEEP MECHANICAL RUMBLING RUMBLING CONTINUES TRIUMPHANT MUSIC TRIUMPHANT MUSIC CONTINUES 1 DOORS CREAK COMPUTER BEEPS SOFT, CURIOUS MUSIC COMPUTER TRILLING COMPUTER BEEPS SOFTLY SOFT, CURIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES COMPUTER TRILLS RICHARD OVER SPEAKERS: Test. My name is Richard Parker. Whatever lies will be told about me, I would like the world to know the truth. Oscorp was already a leader in genetic research when Norman Osborn made a deal with a foreign military organization to continue funding my research. And I discovered what they were going to use it for-- Weapons-- Biological weapons, of course-- So I refused. And now, to eliminate me from the picture, Norman Osborn has falsified evidence against me in order to take control of my work. GUARD: Can I help you? Uh, yeah, you can open the gate. I'm Harry Osborn. Now, there's a patient in that Isolation Wing that I need to see. Joe, this is Mr. Osborn of Oscorp. I'm sorry, sir, without a yellow badge, I can't let anyone past this point. TASER CRACKLES, GRUNTING TASER CRACKLES RICHARD: But it doesn't matter because there's something else that Norman doesn't know. The human DNA that I implanted in the spiders... was my own. Which means that without me, without my bloodline, Oscorp can never replicate or continue my experiments. Keep Electro intubated with the 400 milligrams of sodium thiopental and phenobarbital... RICHARD: I have destroyed as much as possible from the archives, but I didn't have time to kill all of the spiders, so as a scientist, my choice is very clear now. I have to disappear. I have to get as far away from here as I can. But as a father, it means I may not see my boy again. And, um, nothing is as important to me as my son, Peter. Nothing in this world. But I have a responsibility to protect the world from what I've created and to protect him from what I know Osborn is capable of. People will say I am a monster... for what I've done. And maybe they're right. I always thought that I'd have more... time. YOUNG PETER: Dad? Dad! I'm sorry. STATIC CRACKLES (SIGHS) ALARM BLARING AUTOMATED VOICE: Sedation off. Psst. I'm gonna get you out of here. All right? But we don't have much time. Who are you? I'm Harry Osborn. I want to make you a deal. I should kill you. Come on. Think bigger, Max. I'm not the one you want. You want Spider-Man. ELECTRICITY CRACKLES And I can give him to you. But... I need something first. I need you to get me into Oscorp. Get you in? You own it. (HARRY CHUCKLES) Uh, not anymore. Oscorp betrayed us both, so I can't get in there without you and you can't get out of here without me. ALARM CONTINUES BLARING What's happening? Someone pulled an alarm in the Iso Unit. Get the containment team up there now. You couldn't possibly know what I want. You submitted the design for the grid, and they stole it, and now you want it back. You just want to take back what's yours. ELECTRO: How? It is all the power in the city, Max. And it's right at your fingertips. And then once you shut down the grid, Spider-Man will come to you, and I want you to make him bleed. ALARM CONTINUES BLARING Break it! Break it! Max, we don't have much time! Go! Go, go! Go! Give me one reason why I should trust you. Because I need you! You need me? Yes. I need you. You are my only chance that I have at surviving. You need me? Yes. I need you. I need you, please! Please! Please! ELECTRICITY HUMMING I know what it's like to be thrown away! Please, Max! I need you! I need you! (YELLING) ELECTRICITY CRACKLING ALARM CONTINUES IN DISTANCE ELECTRICITY CRACKLES MOMENTOUS MUSIC MOMENTOUS MUSIC CONTINUES 1 (SCREAMING) N-No! You want to be my friend? I thought we were already friends. ELECTRICITY CRACKLES I had a friend once. It didn't work out. Yeah, me too. Then let's go catch a spider. 1 PHONE BEEPS VOICE ON VOICE MAIL: You have one new voice message. PHONE BEEPS GWEN: Hi, Peter. It's me. Uh... (GWEN SIGHS) I got in...to Oxford. Whoo-hoo! (LAUGHS) It's very exciting. I came by your house a little bit ago and I, um... Uh, you weren't there, and so I'm on, on my way to the airport right now, because there's this early summer class that I found out about, and I thought... that it would somehow be... easier... I guess, this way. HORNS HONKING I think that, maybe, it's time to let this go. And that's not because I don't love you, it's actually because I do. So, um... VOICE BREAKING: Okay, bye. STATIC CRACKLING ELECTRICITY PULSES We have to move, now. Why? What's happened? ELECTRICITY PULSES ELECTRICITY CRACKLING Remember me? Oh my, oh my, how the tables have turned. I know it's hard to admit, but how spectacular a move is this? Am I right? Right as rain. Okay, so, Fairy Godmother, it is time to grant me a wish. I want in to Special Proj-- How dare you come back in here? You recalcitrant, unworthy, defective, urchin freaks! Oh, God! I'm sorry! That's just not the answer we were looking for. (WHISTLING 'JEOPARDY' THEME MUSIC) ELECTRICITY CRACKLING Clear. ELECTRICITY PULSES (MENKEN GASPS) Welcome back to the bonus round. Hey, let's take a walk, shall we? The grid is all yours. POWER CRACKLES, RUMBLES LOW, TENSE MUSIC BEEPING ELEVATOR BELL DINGS HARRY: The spider venom. Give it to me. What is all this stuff? The future. Load one up. It won't work. We ran every diagnostic test, apart from human trials. You've actually already run human trials. You're just too stupid to know it. Do it. Now. (LAUGHING QUIETLY) You had it all this time. (SNIFFLES, GROANS) (SCREAMS) (GRUNTING) (SCREAMS) BUZZING, STEADY BEEPING (GROANS) (GRUNTS) DRAMATIC MUSIC (GROANS) (GROANS) WHIRRING, BLIPPING Argh! (GROANS) POWERING UP BEEPING CAR HORNS HONKING It's Spider-Man! Stop the cab. Lady, I ain't even moving. SOFT MUSIC SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES 1 (GWEN WHOOPS) PETER: Hi. GWEN: Hi. (GWEN PANTING) Did you get my message? What message? The message over there. Oh, that. That was you? Don't do that. I couldn't make it out. I'll tell you what it says. Says, "I love you." 'Cause I love you. And no offense, but you're wrong. I'm wrong about what? You're wrong about us being on different paths. We're not on different paths. You're my path. And you're always gonna be my path. And I know there's a million reasons why we shouldn't be together. I know that. But I'm tired of them. I'm tired of every single one of them. We've all got to make a choice. Right? Well, I choose you. So, here's my thought. England. Both of us. (LAUGHS) I'm following you now. I'm just gonna follow you everywhere. I'm just gonna follow you the rest of my life. I mean, they got crime there, in England. Yeah. They got, they got tons of crime, it seems. Tons. They got, uh... Jack the Ripper. (LAUGHS) What? They haven't caught Jack the Ripper yet. You didn't know that? POWER POPPING, WHIRRING, RUMBLING What the hell is that? ELECTRICITY CRACKLING Is that Max? He must have cut the power to the whole city. WOMAN: Nine-nine, hold. CONTROLLERS CHATTERING TNS 322 Newark. ALARM BLARING MAN 1: I got nothing. MAN 2: I'm totally black. Hey, I need, uh, Tech Ops up here right now. The phones are down. Somebody go down and grab Tech Ops. Hey, write down what you remember, people. There's got to be some kind of blackout plan, right? Some kind of backup? There's an emergency reset at the power plant. If he cuts the transmission lines, they're never gonna get this back up. How am I gonna stop him? Every time I get close to him, he fries my web shooters. Okay, have you tried grounding them? Yeah, I tried everything. Rubber, plastic... Did you try magnetizing them? I didn't try magnetizing them. Okay, well, remember eighth-grade science class? If you magnetize a nail with a battery... It holds an electric charge. Yes. New York Approach. This is Pan National 273 on approach. How do you hear? Approach, do you copy? CO-PILOT: Radio's working. It's not us. SCREAMING OFFICER OVER BULLHORN: There's no need for panic. Everyone, please return to your vehicles. Go back to your cars. Remain calm. Do not panic. Everyone return to your vehicles. Go to your homes! SPIDER-MAN: Officer! Spider-Man! Whoa! My father was Captain George Stacy of the 19th Precinct. Yeah, I knew who he was. What can we do for you? Jumper cables. Jumper cables? Yes. And copper wire. Am I talking louder than I usually talk right now? Yes. Whoa. Whoo! GWEN: Your suit will ground you. SPIDER-MAN: All right, do it. ENGINE REVVING (GASPS) Okay, good. Try, try, try, try, try. Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry. Okay, it works, good. And that is why you were number two at Midtown. Rub it in. Okay. He, he. I gotta go. I'm coming with you. Gwen, you're not coming with me. Yes, I am. Gwen, it's too dangerous. I'm coming with you. I've seen the grid specs and I know how to reset the entire system. Gwen... All right, okay. I'm coming with you! You know that you need me! Okay, okay... Shut up. MUFFLED: I'm coming with you! You're coming with me! Shut the thing. Sorry. I love you. Don't hate me. Peter! We still don't have backup generators. Get me Engineering! I need a respirator right now. They're battery operated. I'll get it. Hang on. Okay. PEOPLE SCREAMING, CLAMORING SCREAMING, CLAMOURING PULSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC DEEP, DISTORTED VOICE: Do you see me now, Spider-Man? It's time to meet our destiny. PULSING ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES Tower, we're experiencing some kind of electrical disturbance. Instruments are going haywire. Radar is down. We're flying blind out here. Do you copy? Tower, repeat, we are standby only. What is happening? Sir? There are two inbound flights on intersecting paths. Time to impact? Four and a half minutes. Clock it. Clock it right now. TICKING ELECTRO: You're too late, Spider-Man. I designed this power grid. Now I'm gonna take back what is rightfully mine. I will control everything. And I will be like a god to them. A god named Sparkles? (YELLS) TRIUMPHANT MUSIC Not this time! Is that all you got? Come on! PEOPLE CLAMORING (GRUNTS) (WOMAN SHRIEKS) (GRUNTING) ELECTRO: Come on! (GRUNTING) You ready to give up? (YELLING) (GRUNTING) ELECTRICITY HUMMING Oh, thank you, Gwen Stacy! (SCREAMS) (GRUNTS) (GROANS) Just shake it off. It's just your bones and your muscles and your organs. (SHUDDERS) ELECTRICITY HUMMING Oh boy. ELECTRICITY PULSING MUSICALLY TO 'ITSY BITSY SPIDER' (GRUNTS) ELECTRICITY CONTINUES PULSING MUSICALLY I hate this song! MUSIC PLAYING RAPIDLY (GRUNTING) (GROANING) Spider-Man, bet you never saw this coming. TYRES SCREECH (GRUNTS) Really? You web me to a car? What are you, a caveman? You shouldn't be here. You tie me up to go off to war? I know how to help you! What are you doing here? I-I know the grid specs! (SHOUTING) I can reset the system! Hey. You can't be here right now. I'm not messing around. You can't be here right now. This is insane. Okay, guess what. Nobody makes my decisions for me, all right? Nobody! This is my choice. Okay? My choice. This is mine. (SIGHS) Now, how do we stop him? Okay, so he's electric. He's like a battery. So what happens if you overcharge a battery? It explodes. Right. So we use his power against him. Perfect. Okay. I think I can reconnect the power lines, but what I need you to do, I need you to reset the system. Okay. When I say, you turn that power on. You turn it on, no matter what. Peter... No matter what. (GROWLING) Go! Go! (YELLS) ACTION MUSIC ACTION MUSIC CONTINUES 1 1 (YELLING) Sixty seconds to impact. (GRUNTS) (GRUNTS) (GROWLS) (GRUNTS) (GROANING) Ha-ha! (GROANING) Now! Gwen! Now! Do it now! ELECTRICITY WHOOSHING (GRUNTS) (GRUNTING) (GRUNTING) (YELLING) BEEPING MAN: We're back on. EXCITED CHATTER Uni 687... (YELLING) This is LaGuardia Tower. Turn immediately to heading 280. BEEPING You have incoming traffic. I repeat, 280. Descend immediately. PEOPLE SCREAMING PEOPLE CHEERING All right, people, back to work. Let's land these planes. Are we back? Oh, thank God! All right! MAN: Let's go! All right, we're back, everyone. Let's go! ELECTRICITY CRACKLING BEEPING STOPS HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING (GROANING) (SIGHS) ROCKETS WHOOSHING I think we can still make your flight. CACKLING, ROCKETS WHOOSHING CACKLING CACKLING Gwen, stay there. (LAUGHS) Peter. When you said Spider-Man said no, you meant you said no! Harry, what did you do? What you made me do. You were my friend, and you betrayed me! No. I was trying to protect you. Ha-ha-ha, look at me. Hey, it's gonna be okay. This is gonna be all right. You don't give people hope. You take it away. No, Harry. I'm gonna take away yours. No! Gwen! Run! GWEN: Aah! Harry! Harry, put her down! (HARRY LAUGHS) (HARRY CACKLES) Harry, stop this right now! This isn't you, Harry! This is... This is not you! Harry, put her down! Harry... Harry is dead! Harry, this is between you and me. You want to fight? Fight me! Let her go! Okay. (GASPS) PETER: No! (GWEN PANTING) You okay? Mm-mm. BEEPING GWEN: Aah! I got you, Gwen. I'm gonna put you down right here. GEARS CLICKING (GRUNTS) (GASPS) DRAMATIC MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES (HARRY YELLS) BOTH GRUNT (SCREAMS) (GWEN GASPS) BOTH GRUNTING BOTH GRUNTING (GROWLS) (CHOKING) GEARS CLANKING (GROANS) GEARS GROAN Peter? (GASPS) GEARS CLICK CLANKING (GRUNTS) SOFT MUSIC SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES 1 (PANTING) WHISPERS: Hey. Hey. Gwen? Hey. Hey! Gwen? (SOBBING SOFTLY) Hey. Breathe. Hey, Gwen. Hey. Hey. You're okay. Gwen? (SOBBING) Stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with me. You stay with me. SOBBING SOFTLY: Gwen? Gwen! (SOBBING) No, please! Please! Please. (SOBBING SOFTLY) I can't do this without you. SOFT MUSIC FADES SORROWFUL MUSIC SORROWFUL MUSIC SORROWFUL MUSIC CONTINUES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 BIRD CAWING KEYPAD BEEPING LOCK BEEPS, CLICKS SOFT, OMINOUS MUSIC SOFT, OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES MAN: Leave us. You've made progress. MAN: I've identified several worthy candidates. Now that Spider-Man's gone, this city will never be the same. Oh, I'm countin' on that. Speaking of progress, you're looking better. It comes and goes. Tell me more. MAN: How many men did you have in mind? I wanna keep it small. Everything you need is already at Oscorp. KARI: Access granted. Welcome, Mr. Fiers. HARRY: Who's our first volunteer? FIERS: Aleksei Sytsevich. Currently serving a life sentence. He is... most eager to join us. HARRY: Good. Start with him. NEWSCASTER: Russian gangster Aleksei Sytsevich was broken out of a classified penitentiary known simply as the Vault by an unknown team of men. It's yet another example of increased criminal activity since the disappearance of Spider-Man five months ago. The web-slinger's absence has left a hole in the heart of the city. Believe it or not, even the New York City Police Department has joined the chorus of New Yorkers in hoping for the return of the web-slinger. The entire world seems to be asking the same question: Where is Spider-Man? (TURNS OFF TV) Too bad about that spider guy. Too bad he's disappeared. Seems like everybody really needs him. Where you going? Just to...eat my cereal. Peter... Where you going? (SIGHS HEAVILY) I don't know. You know, it's-it's so funny. I've been, I've been... I've been trying to clean up around here, get organized and... Been putting some of Ben's stuff in boxes. And it's so funny, the heavier the box gets, the lighter I feel. You're throwing his stuff away? No. No. God, no. I couldn't do that. It's-it's part of me. I'm just finding a... better place for it. I'm gonna take one last look... and I'm gonna put it where it belongs. POIGNANT MUSIC POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES (TAPS KEY) GWEN OVER COMPUTER: It's easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today. But there will be dark days ahead of us too. There will be days where you feel all alone. And that's when hope is needed most. No matter how buried it gets or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope. Keep it alive. We have to be greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope. People need that. And even if we fail, what better way is there to live? As we look around here today, at all of the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like we're saying goodbye. But we will carry a piece of each other into everything that we do next. To remind us of who we are. And of who we're meant to be. I've had a great four years with you. I'll miss you all very much. HEAVY FOOTFALLS, METALLIC CLANKING FOOTFALLS THUDDING, PEOPLE SHOUTING PEOPLE SCREAM Let's go! Move it! PEOPLE SCREAMING POLICE CAPTAIN: Get down! Take cover! REPORTER: I'm here live on Park Avenue and 56th Street where it is complete chaos. A man in some sort of weaponized armored suit is wreaking havoc on Midtown. (LAUGHING) I am Rhino! I told you I would be back! No! No! MAN: A kid! Hold your fire! Everybody hold your fire! RHINO: Huh? CAPTAIN: Unit two! Stand down! Stand down! Civilian in our line of sight. (BREATHES DEEPLY) Kid! You gotta get...! RHINO: Look, New York! Spider-Man is back! MAN: Leave the kid alone! WOMAN: My baby! Please! Brave boy, eh? Does Aleksei scare you, little boy? WEBBING WHIZZING WEBBING WHIZZES, WHOOSHING SPIDER-MAN: Hey, Spider-Man. I knew you'd come back. Yeah. Thanks for steppin' up for me. CHUCKLES: You're the bravest kid I've ever seen. I'm gonna take care of this jerk. You go take care of your mom, okay? All right, get out of here. Go. Go. CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING CROWD CHANTING: Spidey! Spidey! RHINO: You fight me? You fight me now? Huh? On behalf of the fine people of New York City and real rhinos everywhere, I ask you to put your mechanized paws in the air. Never! I crush you! I kill you! I destroy you! You want me to come down there so you can kill me? Yes! I'll be right there. Ah, there's no place like home. DRAMATIC MUSIC DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES DRAMATIC MUSIC CONTINUES Edited by Ai-Media www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016