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Episode #111
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Written by
atalie Abrams & Caroline Dries

Directed by
America Young
Irased on characters eppearing in
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TURNER HAYES.. o,...... ......Oscar Morgan

DUELA. .. o.... o r, ... o o.Olivia Rose Keegan
CARRIE KELLEY/ROBIN ..Navia Robinson
HARPER ROW............,.. e..... .Fallon Smythe
CULLEN ROW. ..... fyler DiChiara
STEPHANIE BROWN .Anna Lore
HARVEY DENT .,....Misha Collins
REBECCA I{.ARCH ..Lauren Stamile
LINCOLN MARCH..... ....Damon Dayoub
CRYSIAL BROWN ..... ....Sunny Mabrey
ARTHUR BROWN ........ o o.Ethan Embry

JAI\TE DOE.o.... o........o..... ,...Lindy Booth

COMMTSSIONER SOTO ....Deja Dee
SERGEANT APONE ...Lazel-l Brown
GOTHA!{ NEWS NOW ANCHOR. ..... . ,...... o.. Paul Ryden
DOCTOR FULLER. ..... .Harrison Stone
FRANNY ..... ..Jwaudace Candece
OFFICER WILSON .. r.. .Ezekiel Boston
OFFICER BRADY .......... .,... .Christopher Chabriel
GCPD OFFICER ...Hannah Aslesen
HOLDING OFFICER ....Marianna Schuck
YOUNG DUELA. .Elise Lisic
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SEE LIST
INTERIOR
ABATiIDONED SUBWAY PLATFORM
ACE O' CLUES
ANOTIIER SECTION OT BAR
EIAP
BAR/DAI\ICE FLOOR
BOOTH
DAIICE FLOOR
STORAGE ROOM
UPPER DECK
ARKHAI{ ASYLUM (FLASHBACK)
HALLWAY
A.tt,I,HU.t('S UA!(
BROWN HOME
FRONT DOOR/LIVING ROOM
CARRIE'S BEDROOM
GOTHA!4 ACADEMY
BELFRY
LOWER LEVEL
LrPPE!F- r,n\.rErr.
LIBRARY
GCPD
BUI,LPEN
HALLWAY
INTERROGATION ROOM
GCPD CRUISER 614
GOTHAI.,! GENERAL
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BEDROOM
FRANNY'S RV
TV BROADCAST
"GOTHAIT{ NEWS NOW'

EXITERIOR.
ACE O', CLUBS (ESTABLTSHTNG)
ACE O' CLUBS
ALLEY
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GOTHAM CrTY (ESTABLTSHTNG)
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 GOtrHAtl KNIGEtrS Ep. 1lf "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 l.

ACT OITE

1 flY:T. - EAT.TJNAY - DAT - FNESNAICX (EBD7)

ARKEAIT ASYLI,I{ 1

Past rusty ce77 doors, down a dank, institutionaT ha77, a

girT meanders a7one. This is YOIJIfiG DU.ELA, 8.
DWLA (V.O. )
I think it was ny eighth birthday.
My mom convinced an Arkhan orderTy
to give me a cupcake from the
vending machine -- so it may have
been the sugar high, or me just
being a stupid kid, but something
convinced me to take the Tong way
out that day.
Young Duela sTows as she approaches a CELL DOOR.
DUELA (V.O. )
I wanteci to see him. I ciicin't care
that he was Tocked in so7itary, or
that my mom ca77ed him "The [4ost
Dangerous Man in Gotham."
(beat)
He was sti77 my dad.
Young DueTa rises on her tippy toes, but the window is just
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But she's too 7itt7e. She resigns, frustrated.
DWLA (V.A. )
And frankTy, I never found him a71
that dangerous.
And that's when --
DUELA (V.O. )
EspeciaTTy since he remembered to
give me a birthday present...
-- a JOKER CARD sLides underneath the ce77 door.
As Young DueTa picks up the card, admiring it -- CUT TOt
2 IN![. GOIIHAIN ACADEHI - L PRESENtr DAI DAT (D1) 2

EURNER stares into DIIELA'S eyes. They're lying in a tangle of

pillows and throws, half-naked. Turner digests that, smiles.
TURNER
I'm sorry. Arkham let an eight-year-
old wander the halls? Alone?

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 GOTHAII KNTGUES Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/5/23 2.
2 CONTINUED: 2

Due1a playfully pushes away Turner's face.

DUELA
Why am I even telling you this?
TURNER
(whispering, teasing)
Because today's your birthday.
DUELA
How'd you know that?
TURNER
It's on all your mugshots.
That warms her. A smile s1i-ps out that Turner doesn't see.
TURNER (coNT'D)
You were born in Arkham. You've
spent every birthday alone or with
orderU-es. And for the f irst time
everr you get to spenci it with
someone you actually Iike.
Duela turns back to face him. Stares into his eye s, feeling
herself falling for him. He invites her under the throw --
TURNER (coNT'D)
what's your birthday wish?
So
As nuela grabs Turner's face and pulls him in for a kiss...
IIIItE CARD: "GOlllIAll NNIGHtrS"
3 INT. GCPD - - DAT (D1}
HALLEAX 3

ON DOZENS of charred ACE OF CLUBS playing cards scattered

across the floor as a BROOM sweeps past. TWO BOMB SQUAD
AGENTS walk toward the exit as DESN SERGEANII APONE crests the
stairs, handing CO!|!{ISSIONER SOtrO a COFFEE.
SGT. APONE
Press is havj-ng a field day with
this bomb threat. Any news?
COMMISSIONER SOTO
Someone dropped off a box reeking
of gunpowder -- turned out to be
full of these.
Soto shows him an ACE OF CLUBS playing card.

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 GOTH}U KNIGHtrS Ep. 1Il "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 3.
3 CONTINUED: 3

SGT. APONE
Thought the Royal Flush gang was
serving thirty at Blackgate.
COMMISSIONER SOTO
Never doubt a copycat.
She offers a grateful smile for the coffee, peeling off to --
4 I[T. CCPD - - DAT (D1)
TI|TERROGATION ROOII 4

A FOOT anxiously taps beneath a cold STEEL TABLE as we TILT

UP to find STEPEANIE and HARVEY on one si-de of the tab1e.
Soto enters
COMMISSIONER SOTO
Not really used to being sunmoned
by the district attorney.
HAR\TEY
This couldn't wait.
Harvey looks to Stephanj-e, reading her.
HAR\IEY ( CONT'D )
Are you absolutely sure you're
ready to do this?
She steels herself, knowing the rJ-sks, then --
STEPHAI.IIE
I'm sure.
HARVEY
Conrnissioner Soto, Stephanie Brown
is willing to sign a sworn
affidavi-t that Lincoln l{arch is the
head of a secret cabal that's
responsible for the deaths of Mayor
Hi1I, Cressida Clarke and Bruce
Wayner among countless others.
Soto takes in this news, stunned. She puts her coffee down.
COMMISSIONER SOTO
Think I'm gonna need another sugar.
5 ItrB. - BEITXT - LOIIER LEVEIJ'DAT (D1)
GOIIHAII ACADEIIY 5

Mornj-ng tight streams through the ROSE WINDOVI down to CULLEN,

mid-workout, as he counts the Iast set of sit-ups. Nearby --
EARPER eats a bowl of cereal at the WAR ROOM TABLE, glancj-ng
up as Turner enters. Hair mussed, jacket and sweater in hand.

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 GOtrEI,II KNIGHTS Ep. llL "Daddy rssues* GOLDENROD PJEVISED L/5/23 4.
5 CONTINUED: 5

HARPER
Look who remembered he's a
fugi-tive.
Turner ignores her, disappearing into his sleepinq area.
CULLEN
That was weird.
Workout complete, Cu11en slips on his zip-up, when he FREEZES
mid-motion, spotting --
Duela walks in. She skips upstai-rs, hunrning g1eefu1Iy. Hair
mussed, some of last night's outfit in-hand.
CuIIen's head swivels to Harper, whose cereal spoon hangs mid*
air. They just witnessed a full-blown walk of shame!
CULLEN (CONT'D)
That was weirder.
Cullen and Harper share a look. Cullen nods upstairs. Harper
rolls her eyes, begrudgingly ascending the stairs as CuIIen
moves toward an uncharacterj-stically breezy Turner, plucking
through a pile of cleanish LAUNDRY --
CITLLEN (coNT'D )
So Duelars... a look.
TURNER
And?

CULLEN
You two came in together huggj-ng
yesterday's wardrobe.
TURNER
Not really anyone's business.
As Turner pulls on his shirt --
6 INtr. - BETTRY - UPPER LBVBIJ - IICTERCUT (D1)
GOtrHAtI ACADETTY 6

-- Duela pulls hers off, giddily offerJ-ng to Harperl

DUELA
Guess who took a ri-de on the bat-
wang ! ?

HARPER
(pates )
Oh my God.

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 GOTEAU KI|IGEES Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 5
6 CONTINUED: 6

DUELA
And yes, Bat-Brat's a good kisser,
I know you were wonder ing.
HARPER
I was not wondering.
WXBE IITIRf,ER AND CUI,tEtr:

CULLEN
Where were you?
TURNER
Around.
CULLEN
We're wanted fugitives. We don't
get to just be "around." Around
where?
WItrH DI'EI,A AND IIARPER:
DUELA
The library. Turns out libraries?
Kinky. Sorry-not-sorry to whoever
has to re-shelve YA rantasy.
HARPER
You know I read those books.
DUELA
tflanna know something really julcy?
As Duela shirunj-es out of her pants --
f,IEH EURI|ER AND CUI,I,EN:

-- Turner pulls on a pair of kicks.

TURNER
Why do you want to know this?
CULLEN
You disappearedfor twelve hours
without checking in --
A little edge spills out as Turner offers:
TURNER
You're not my keeper.

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 GOEHAIT KI{IGHTS Ep . 111 "Daddy Igsues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 6
6 CONTINUED: (2') 6

CULLEN
Turner, we didn't know where you
ttuys hrere -- if you were caught or
in GCPD custody --
TI'RNER
Dude, relax, nothing happened --
rItrE DUEIJA AITD IIARPER:

DUELA
Several times. I honestly lost
count ---
As Harper recoils at that, Duela pulls on a PARTY DRESS --
f,IlIE trIIRtrER AND CULLEN:

CULLEN
You almost died, we saved your
lifer you didn't say thanks, and
then you shagged the Joker's
daughter.
TURNER
You left out the part where
everyone lied to my face.
CULLEN
What are you talking about?
TURNER
Don't you get j-t, Cullen? I'm done
talking. About my dad. About
Cressida. About clearing my name.
Where's it gotten me, huh? f live
j-n a freaking belfry with a bunch
of criminals.
Turner walks away, leaving Cullen to wrestle with that.
7 IN!T. CO'I!HAIi ACADET{T - BELFRY - LOTTER I.EVEL - DAY {DlI 7

Harper and Cul1en emerge from their respective meetings, each

disturbed in their ohrrl ways. Only one place to go from here:
HARPER CULLEN
carrl-e. carrre.
CuIIen dials. PHONE pressed to ear when -- his face DROPS. He
quickly hangs up, freaked.
CULLEN (coNT'D)
Her mom answered.

( CoNTTNUED )
 GOTHAU KNIGHES Ep. 1l-1 "Daddy Issues' GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 7.
7 CONTINUED: 7

HARPER
Carrie's phone? Why?
CULLEN
Dunno, but that can't be good.
Cullen heads for the exit.
HARPER
You're leavJ-ng me with horny and
hornler? What if they start up
agaj-n?

CULLEN
I don't know -- wear headphones.
I INtr. - BEIJrRT'UPPER I'EVEL - DAY (D1)
GOTHAU ACADETT I
Duela, full party wear, spots Turner in the mirror by the
ROSE WINDOW as she struggles to clasp her NECKLACE. Finally --

DUELA
Yes, I need help.
He moves to her, taking in the necklace -- a sj-ngle BULLET *
hanging from a leather strJ-ng. With a smirk --
TURNER
And what fine jeweler made that? *
UUIlLI{
You're looking at her. *
(then)
After my dad got out of Arkham, I
promised myself that if I ever ran
into him, I was gonna shoot this
bullet straight through his heart
as a go-to-hell for abandoning me.
TURNER
But then Batman took care of him
for you.
Duela turns around, realizi-ng something.
DUELA
Oh, this is fun -- did Batman kill
three-quarters of our parents?
Turner tries to manage a smile for her, but she reads him:
the wound is still raw. So, she offers up a remedy:
DUELA (coNT'D)
I say we go party about it.

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 GOEHAIT TNIGHtrS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED Ll6/23 8.
I CONTINUED: 8

TURNER
A city-wide manhunt doesn't just
hit pause because it's your b-day.
Duela lifts the POLICE SCANNER.
DUELA
If we keep an ear to the scanner/
we'II know when they're coming to
crash the fun.
TURNER
Does Harper know you have that?
DUET,A
Come on, I'm meeting with one of
Batman's biggest haters. News of
him killing the parents of an eight-
year old would've been all over the
streets back then, Maybe my contact
knows what happened.
,I'URN.Ei}<
Who's this "contact?"
DIIELA
Come with me and find out. Or stay
holed up here, being dark and
broody like dear old dad in the
very place that's kept you from
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cr.r.JLrLrL EvE!yL,r.rE: yLtl-t
thought cared about you.
Intrigued, exactly what he's craving/ Turner shoots a look --
DOIINSIAIRS, where Harper tinkers with a HARD DRIVE at the WAR
ROOM TABLE. She's wearing HEADPHONES.

B-ICX OIT TUP$EP-, knc:+rng lf thei"re going +-o nak-e a jailbreak,

now's the time. Duela grabs hj-s hand and leads him --
DOWN THE STAIRCASE...
They CFEEP behind Harper, Duela grabbing a PLATINUM BLONDE
WIG as they disappear out the exit. Off this jaj-1break...
END OF ACII OIIE
 GOtrEAtI NNIGHtrS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD PCVISED L/6123 9

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9 ETI. GAEtsAU GEIIE&BL - PAEIING I,Otr . DAY (DlI 9

An AUDI SQB idles as DOCIIOR TULLER (Iate 20s, people-pleaser)

exits the sleepy hospital and slips into the car to find --
1.0 IIItr. AR![III'R'S CAR - DAY (D1) 10

ARtrHUR BROITN offers a mi11i-on-dollar smile as Ful1er shuts

the car door, eyes nervously darting through the windows.
ARTHUR BROWN
Morning, doc. Thanks for the quick
turnaround --
DOCTOR FULLER
I can't keep doing this, Mr. Brown.
I gave your wife a prescription
Iast week. If anyone's payj-ng
a'trEerlEaonT r'rr rose my r.r-cense.
ARTHUR BROWN
I promise this is the Tast time.
DOCTOR FULLER
You said that Tast time.
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ART5UR BROWN
Come on, doc. Celebrity Quiz BowT's
tonight. Wanna come to the taping?
DOCTOR FULLER
I'm on shift.
ARTHUR BROWN
So next ti-me. As a contestant?
(really selling it)
I'11 give g, a clue.
Pit in his stomach, Fu1ler produces his PRESCRIPTION ?AD,
si-gns a SCRTPT, holds it a1oft, unable to meet Arthur's eye.
ARTHUR BROWN (coNT'D)
You're a lifesaver, doc.
Just as Arthur plucks the SCRIPT from the doc's hand --
WOOOOOOP! GCPD LIGHTS flare as TWO CRUISERS squeal up,
blocking him in. Arthur's trademark smile gives way to shock.

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 COtrHAIiI KNIOHBS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 10.
10 CONTINUED: 10

DOCTOR FULLER
I'm really sorry, Mr. Brown.
As Arthur realizes -- th:s was a STING...
11 INT. GCPD - INIIERROGAtrION ROOT - DAT (DlI 11

A nervous Stephanie looks down as Harvey paces, PHONE to ear.

HAR\EY (rNTO PHONE)
Rebecca, i-tu' s me. You need to call
me -- I need to know you're safe. I
know about Lincoln and The Court. I
promise youz I'm going to do
everythj-ng in my power to stop your
husband. I won't let anything
happen to you.
Harvey hangs up.
HARVEY (coNT'D)
>ne's gEarl noE answerang. r,roqy
dj-dn't say where he took Rebecca?
STEPHANIE
Just safe and that
somer.rhere he
ditched his phone.
Suddenly BZZT, Harvey reads a TEXT. It makes him uneasy.
HARVEY
I need to dear with this.
STEPHAIIIE
Rebecca?

HARVEY
stuff. I'11 be back in twenty.
Work
Don't talk to anyone without me.
She nods as he leaves. Beat. Then, hearing the CREAK of the
DOOR, she looks up expectantly, but FEAR crosses her face --

As in walks IJINCOITN I{ARCH. Gulp. Stephanie recoj-Is, putting

the table between them -- she's not fuckinq safe. Yelling
out:
STEPHAI{IE
COMMISSIONER --

LINCOLN
I believe she's on her lunch break.
As a terrifying realization hits her:

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 GOEEAIT KNIGHITS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 11.
11 CONTINUED: t1
STEPHANIE
Or she's j-n your pocket. . .
(pissed)
Unless you're here to tell me
you're not of a cult with
CEO a
BDSM Birdman as their mascot.

LINCOLN
That's very colorful. And you have
evi-denceof this... where?
(off her reticence)
That's right. If you could prove
any of that, I'd be the one in
handcuffs, not your dad.
STEPHAIiIIE
My dad?
LINCOLN
Oh, you dj-dn't hear? He was just
arrested on drug charges.
Stephanie pales. Lincoln's reach is vast and horrifying.
STEPHAI{IE
You set him up.
LINCOLN
No, I love Quiz Bow7. Big fan.
ltle?
But prescription fraud's a real
problem these days. And you know
how eager The Cosmfssioner is to
show this city that no one is above
the Iaw. With all the doctors
Arthur's shopped over the years, f
hear he's facing twenty-to-Iife.
STEPHANIE
You're a monster.
Stephanie bangs on the interrogation I 1ass, but Lincoln
corners her -- his towering presence j uxtaposed by calm
demeanor:
LTNCOLN
There is some good news. GCPD kept
rrls arre$L ()[[ trle pret,s' raqar --
treasured icon and aII. So the
wholesome image your family has
worked so hard Eo proiect is still
safely intact. Your dad can be back
hosting Quiz BowT by day's end, all
charges dropped, record wiped,
public none the wiser.

( coNTrNuED )
 GOTHAT KI|IGIITS Ep l1l "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED Ll 6/23 L2.
11 CONTTNUED: (2) 11

STEPHA}IIE
What do you want from me?

LINCOLN
Instead of trylng to unravel some
convoluted conspiracy, be a
productive member of society. Give
me the location of the fugitives.
STEPHANTE
Why, so you can ki77 them?
LINCOLN
So you can save your family's
reputation.
Lincoln backs away, moving for the door:
LTNCOLN (coNT'D)
If GCPD doesn't have their location
by the tiye Arthur should be
stePp:Lng :Ln rroflE or r.oe vutz ttowr
cameras tonight, h€'11 be marched
past ones belonging to the press as
he's carted off to Blackgate.
OFF Steph, devastated her dad is now collateral damage...
L2 INT. - DAY (D1}
CARRIE'S BEDROOIi L2

CARRIE'S at her DESK, poring over a TEXTBOOK, when she hears

the CLANGING METAI, of scmeone climbing her FIRE ESCAPE.
Sudden1y, Cullen's head appears in the WINDOW. Carrie
qui-etly, but frantically rusheg over. AII hushed:
CARRIE
You can't be here. My mom
threatened to call the cops if r
try to contact you guys.
CULLEN
Yeah, she answered your phone.
CARRIE
Because she confiscated i-t.
I told her I'm Robin.
CULLEN
Whoa. Okay. How'd coming out go?

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 GOTHN'I KIfTEHtrS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD PJVISED Ll 6/23 13.
L2 CONTINUED: L2

CARRIE
Dj-dn't exactly end in a hug. Guess
being a l5-year-old vigilante
wasn't really what my mom had in
mind when she told me to help out
around the conrnunity.
CULLEN
I'm so gorry, Carrie.
She trj-es to shrug it off , but tears threaten.
CI]LLEN ( coNT'D )
Would 5.t help or hurt to hear the
Joker's daughter banged Batman's
son?
CARRTE
That visual wiII now haunt me
forever. TeII me you're joking.
uu!!-Eit\
Wish I could. I dunno what's up
with him. It's like he's gi-ven up.
I'm scared once we clear our names,
he'lI think he has nothj-ng left to
fight for.
CARRIE
He dj-dn't,teLl- r:ou g:;r*s...
(then)
Batman was responsible for the
death of Turner's parents. That's
why Bruce Vflayne adopted him.
Cullen is stunned by that gnrt-punch.
CABFIE: /CONT'D)
Turner found out from The Court...
But I... already knew. Bruce had
confessed it in hj-s journal.
A realization dawns on Cul1en:
CULLEN
Iou ripped out the pages?
That's when Harper CALLS. CuIIen puts it on SPEAKER.

ctLLEN (coNt'D)
Sooooo, Carrie has the tea.
 GOIHAX KNIGHIIS Ep. l-l-1 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD FEVISED L/5/23 L4.

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A frustrated Harper searches the deserted Belfry.
HARPER (INTO PHONE)
Due1a and Turner are M-f-A. And
they took the scanner with them.
CULLEN (rNTO PHONE)
Meaning whatever they're doing has
them dodging cops. Great.
CARRIE
No, meaning you two need to find
those dumbasses before the cops do.
Off our Knights, knowing this can only mean troub1e...
l4 EXtr! ACE O', 9LUES - ESEAPL,IEETEG - pAI (D1) l4
A small sign with some burnt-out neon hangs in a dingy alley.
l_5 I!il!. ACE O' EI.IEE . BAR/DANCE FLOOR - DAY (DlI t5
A LOUD, half-hotspot, half-he1lho1e. Barely
SEEDY NIGHTCI,UB,
Iit. of sticky over everlrthing.
Too much bass. A glaze
Duela bri-ngs fWO SHOTS to Turner, blendj-ng in with the YOUNG
CROWD. Turner in a beanie and high co11ar. Due1a in a wig and
glasses. A rare moment of feeling normal- and carefree.
DUELA
I stole these off a table so I have
no idea what they are.
TURNER
Wouldn't want it any other way,
DUELA
You know what's crazy?
TI'RNER
That a beani-e somehow makes me
unrecognizable?
DIIELA
That we never would've met if we
hacin't. been :rameci ror murcier.
TURNER DUELA (coNT'D)
(toasting) (toasting)
To The Court of Or+Is. To The Court of Owls.

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 GOTIIAII KIsIGETS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 15.
15 CONTINUED: 15

They smirk at their glibness and doh,n their shots. As Turner

turns to the FEIIIALE BARIIENDER/ 50s, for her attention, Duela
twists her empty glass, wrestling wj-th her next move.
DITELA ( coNT'D )
Can I ask you something?
TURNER
If I can hear it.
DUELA
So this Turner with a beanie, in a
club with way too much bass,
getti-ng a lj-ttle drunk, being a
little dangerous -- j-s this Bat-
Brat's Spring Break? Or the new
you?
Her eyes lock with his, secretly pleading for the latter. As
Turner weighs the question, not emotionally ready to respond--
CLAI,IOR at TnE OTHEx. Ei\D OF TuE BA.r<. ciraws their attention.
PATRONS back away in awed bewilderment as --
A StrUlgts ll,ALE PAtrROlI WAILS, his hand pinned to the bar with a
SWfTCHBLADE. As he buckles in pain, clasping his hand --

The wiry and unhinged assa.ilant retrieves her bIade. This is

iIA!IE DOE, 40s, a teddy bear with a bomb inside.
JANE
that next time you think
Remember
of getting handsy with a stranger.
Turner laughs, totally bemused by the public squabble.
TURNER
That woman is nuts.
DUELA
I know. I love her.
Duela moves to Jane, throwing open her arms.
DUELA (coNT'D)
Hi, Mom

JAT{E
Lookie who flew the coop!
As Jane wraps lovj-ng arms around her daughter, off Turner,
eyeing this warm and deeply unnerving reunion...
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ACtr IIHREE
t5 INT. O' CLUBS - BOOTH . DAT (D1)
ACE 16

Tucked in a private booth, Jane cradles Duela's face.

JAI{IE
My beautiful baby girl. Loving the
blonde. You're a model.
(to Turner)
Is she or is she not a supermodel?
Turner s5-ts across from the reuni-ted twosome, suspicious.
TURNER
She is very pretty, yes.
DUELA
Every birthday this was my wish and
now it's finally come true.
TURNER
Sorry, um, Mrs --
JAIiIE
Ca1l me Jane.
TURNER
Okay, Jane, how'd you find us?
DUELA
I found her.
Due1a pulls the POLICE SCAIINER from her bag.
JAI{E
Always said when I got out of
Arkham, I'd send Duela a smoke
signal --
DUELA
(to Turner)
Bomb threat at the GCPD, care
package containing a c1ue.
(to Jane)
Heard it come in over the scanner.
GCprJ's stiri praying :z-carci pickup
with all those ace of clubs.
As Turner eyes the scanner, Duela studies her mom, i:npressed.
DUELA (CONT'D)
How'd you get out?

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L6 CONTINUED: L5

JAIIE
Good behavior.
DUELA
Your behavior?
JAI{E
H€y, so I don't see you for two
months and you get a boyfriend?
TURNER DUELA
Oh, I'm not -- He's not --
TURNER (coNT'D)
We're roommates.
DUELA
(correcting)
We're Gotham's most wanted
fugitives. On the run. Together.
Jane looks at Turner, then Duela, understandJ-ng.
JANE
Because you ki-11ed Batman.
TURNER
Duela didn't kiI1 Batman. She's
never kiIled anyone --
DUELA
OnIy because t-lr,.e opportunitv hasn't
presented itself. But technically
speaking, y€s, the Batman thing j-s
a gross misunderstandj-ng.
Turner eyes Duela -- what the actual fuck is this dynanric?
DUELA (coNT'D)
'rirat,' s acEuaiiy why 'r'urner s here.
He just found out Batman kilIed his
parents back j-n the day and now
he's looking for answers.
JANE
From me? What do I care about a guy
who looks better in tights than me?
DUELA
The part where he killed my dad?
Turner realizes thj-s is going nowhere fast.

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L6 CONTINUED: (2) 16

TURNER
I'm gonna get another round.
DUELA
Turner --
TURNER
It's fine. You two catch up.
Turner excuses himself as Jane grabs Duela, giddy.
JAI{E
Honey/ you gotta let me do your
1ips.
L7 INE, egPD a IIIEBBOGAIIIOI ROOI{ - DAI (D1) L7

A GCPD trOl,DING OFPICER escorts Stephanie to another

interrogatj-on room containing ARTHUR. As the officer exits:
HOLDING OFFICER
Five minutes.
A cuffed Arthur reaches across the table, taking Stephanie's
hands. He confuses her tears for fears.
ARTHUR BROWN
Oh, my sweet lj-ttIe Pointer.
(then)
What I've always admired about your
braln is that it works out the
so)-ut5-on before anyone's even
pointed out there's a problem. So f
just asgumed you'd already realized
everything was gonna be fine.
STEPHA}IIE
Daddy, what did you do?
ar(TrlU-R. BR.Oi{-r\-
Don't worry, this isn't about me.
It was a setup, so the GCPD can
wipe the egg off j-ts face about
those mi-ssing kj-ds.
STEPHAI{IE
They told you about the deal?
ARTHUR BROWN
Gloatingly. Though I am relieved I
won't miss gettj-ng to roast Rick
Pimento on the shoru tonight.
She steels herself. Then makes a life-altering confession:

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L7 CONTINUED: L7

STEPHANIE
f can't help you, Dad.

ARTHUR BROWN
What are you talkine about?
STEPHANIE
If I give up their location, my
fri-ends will die --
ARTHUR BROViN
Your mother will die if you don't.
Deductive reasoning, Pointer -- I
can't take care of her from prison.
STEPHANIE
You're not taking care of her, dad,
you're keeping her drugged --
ARTHUR BROWN
I'm keeping her a1ive. I'm keeping
her from pain, depression, anger.
Arthur sighs deeply -- emotionaT manipuTation at its tinest.
ARTHUR BROWN (coNT'D)
Look, you're a teenage gir1, with a
long, vibrant, successful life
ahead of her -- who should g[. be
dealing wj-th this right now. Let me
be there to help her, Stephanj-e.
Let's rake care of mom now before
things get any worse, okay?
As we wonder if Arthur may have gotten through to her...
18 xN![. ACE O' - BOOEH . DAY (D1)
CLUBS 18

Jane finishes applying LIPSTICK to Due1a's lips.

JANE
What do you mean you're "broke?"
DUELA
fmeanr I can't really go out and
make a score when I'm dodging a
manhunt to clear my name.
JANE
Blot.
Jane hands her a napkin to blot.

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18 CONTINUED: 18

DUELA
You disappointed?
JAIIE
Don't be silly. I've been itchinq
to get back j.nto the game anlmay.
l{ake a litt1e money and get my baby
girl the heII out of Gotham.
DUELA
Vfhat would you say if I j-nvited
Turner?
JA}[E
That you haven't listened to a word
I've taught you about men.
DUELA
Mom, he's not even eighteen.
Jane takes that in, hiding her discomfort with a smile.
JANE
If Turner makes you happy, then I'm
happy. Here, take your lipstick.
NexE round's on me.

Jane hands Duela her LIPSTICK. As Duela reaches for her purse
to return the lipstick, Jane discreetly steals the SCANNER
off the tabIe. As Jane walks away.,.
I[e FOLLOW HER across the bar to --
19 INT. ACE O' CI,UBS - BAR - DAT (DlI 19

Jane flags down the Female Bartender.

JAI{E
You look familiar. Do I owe you
money?

FEI\,IALE BARTENDER
We worked a grift at Oswald's back
in the day. You paid me double.
JA}IE
Ah, Five-Finger Franny.
FRANNY (FORMERLY "FEMALE BARTENDER')
You got a job for me, Janie? This
blue-collar-bull's getting tired.

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19 CONTINUED: r9
JAI{E
God, I love this city. Gone
eighteen years and come back to the
same grime in the bar wells.
FRANNY
So what can I get ya?
Jane slides the POLICE SCANNER across the bar to Franny --
JAI{E
Hon about a calculator? TeII me,
Eranny, what's five percent of a
ten-mil].j-on-dol]-ar reward?
Off these scheming women, about to be rich...
2A rM[. CCPD - BUI.I.PEIf - DAI (DlI 2A

Disguised as a COP, CuIIen enters, COFFEE in one hand, FORGED

REQUISITION FORI{ in the other. CuIIen heads toward --
CULLEN
Juice of the bean for the Sarge.
Sgrt. Apone eyes the coffee, inscrutable, then RISES.
SGT. APONE
Attention, rookies. If you gotta be
a Rook, be a Rook like Hines.
Cullen tenses under the bullpen's eyes.
sGT. APONE (coNT'D)
That's all.
CULLEN
Cool, so the poU-ce scanner over at
Somerset involuntarily put in i-ts
papers. Got one we can borrow 'til
the update arrives?
Cul1en offers the FORM. Apone finds a SCAIiINER.

SGT. APONE
Our last spare. Careful with it.
CUT,],EN
Of course. Thanks --
CuIIen turns to leave, but Apone eyes him.
SGT. APONE
Yo, Hines.

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20 CONTINUED: 20

Cullen stops, feels his stomach rising.

sGT. APONE (coNT'D)
of the boys are watching the
Bunch
game at O'MaIIey's tonight? You in?

Cu1len .is as heartened as he is gutted. Genuine:

CULLEN
Wj-sh I could. But I got pIans.
SGT. APONE
Next time.
That's when Cullen spots the HOLDING OFFICER exiting
INTERROGATION with Stephanie. Gu7p. Walking toward Cullen,
Steph's eyes suddenly go wide -- WIIF. Trying not to blow his
cover, she exits as:
CULLEN
What's going on with that?
SGT. APONE
Quiz BowT host got pi-nched in a
sting op. Commissioner's put a lid
on it whi-le his kid cuts a deal.
CI]LLEN
What kind of deal?
SGT. A?Oi.iE
Heard she'g got a bead on Bruce
Wayne's kj-Ilers.
Cullen's face falls -- oh fuck.
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Duela sidles beside him.
DI'ELA
Okay I crazy idea.
TI'RNER
You preface them now?
Turner turns to order another drink. Duela feels a chill.
DUELA
I'm sorry I didn't tell you we were
meeting my mom, okay? I didn't want
to scare you away --

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2L CONTINUED: 2L

TURNER
She stabbed a guy through the hand.
DUELA
He wasn't even riqht-handed --
TI'RNER
You don't know that.
DUELA
He Big[! not have been right-
handed.
TURNER
Come on, we both know she wasn't
released on good behavior.
DUELA
I don't care why she was released.
For the first time in my entj-re
life, I have a mom --
.T'U}{N.E:R

She's a con-artist who went to

Arkham for delusions of grandeur.
Who's to say she's not scamming her
own daughter right now?
DUELA
Don't
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stand
r-----!
there and tell me a J!--
you
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(rJ- a. lllLrlttElll- -Lrl\t
this everyday since your parents
died.
Turner sees raw emotion in Duela's eyes. He softens.
TURNER
You're right. I get it.
Duela smiles. She pul1s him close. He stumbles, inebriated.
DUELA
So, my crazy pitch. If my mom were
able to get us out of Gotham
tonight -- no strings, no cops, no
trace -- would you be down?
TURNER
Vflould I be down...to come with you?
What about everyone else?
DUELA
Who cares about everyone else?

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 GOTEAI{ KNIGHtrS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD PSVISED L/6/23 24.
2L CONTINUED: (2) 2t
As Turner wrestles with that, the silence grows and Duela's
insecurities become suffocating.
DUELA (coNT'D)
You know what? Forqet it. You're
too pretty for a life on the run.
You'd just slow us down. I mean,
Iook at you -- you're already
drunk.
TURNER
So much for "not offended."
DUELA
Good luck, Turner. See ya never.
Pissed, Duela walks away. Turner feels like shit. He takes a
step to follow her when --
A HAI{D grabs his shoulder. Turner spins to find a very
confused and angry Harvey Dent.
TURNER
Harvey?
Harvey GRABS Turner's arm and puI1s him toward the EXIT.
HARVEY
I have no idea what you're doing
here, but you're going home --
TURNER
Hey. Stop. STOP.

Turner pulls ahrayr stopping. They're now in --

22 INT. ACE O' CLUBS SECTION OF BAR - DAY (D1) 22

-* a SECLUDED SECTION OF THE CLUB, away from the bar.

TURNER
I SAID GET OFF ME --
HARVEY
Do you have any idea how reckless
you're bej-ng?

TURNER
No more reckless than trusting
people who say they care about me.
HAR\IEY
Okay, I give up. What's going on?
Where is thj-s coming from?

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 GOtrHAIT KNIGHtrS Ep. 111- "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 25.
22 CONTINUED: 22

EURNER
Did you know Batman killed my
parents? Or did you help Bruce
cover that up, too?
Harvey reacts, totally thrown.
HARVEY
Batman had a code. tte didn't ki11.
TURNER
He kiIIed The Joker.
HAR\TEY
Who told you that? The Joker's
daughter?
TURNER
'Least she and I have something in
collEnon.

HAI(V$ r
Turner, come on, you knew your dad
better than anyone. If you heard
Batman killed your parents, then
there's probably a 1ot more to the
story.
Turner tries to fit lopsided pieces j-nto a puzzle that won't
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Harvey's FACE BLURS. The lights in the room BEND and WARP.
Suddenly, Turner's so dizzy he can't even stand. He reaches
for Harvey before COLLAPSING.
HAR\IEY ( coNT'D )
Turner. Turner --
Harvey lowers him to the ground, trying to revj-ve hj-m when an
ORANGE SYRfNGE plunges j-nto Harvey's neck. As Harvey falls
unconscious, reveal his attacker --
JAI{E DOE.
Off this turn --
END OP ACT TUREE
 GOtrH,Alt KNIGHIS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD PEVISED Ll6/23 26.

ACT FOUR
23 Ef,T. GOEHAIN - NIGHT - EStrABTISHING (N1)
CItrY 23

In the bowels of the darkening city, we hear a subway

screeching out of its station.
24 If,![. - NIqET (N1)
ABAtrDONED SUB.rAY PLAITPORX 24

Jane tugs the buckles of Harvey's STRAIGHT JACKET/ securing

them as we find hj-m unconscious, duct-taped to a SUBWAY
BENCH.

DUELA
Mom? What the hell are you doing?
Due1a fluffs her hair, dropping her WIG in a TRASH CAI{ as she
comes down the stai-rs, confused.
JANE
It's your birthday present.
DUELA
Harvey Dent in a straight jacket?
JANE
The Riddler wasn't using it and I
thought, sorta symbolic, seeing as
Harvey made me wear one of these
for eighteen years, so here we are--
DUELA
Wait, Harvey Dent was the guy who
crj-ed looney tunes and locked you
away? How did I not know this?
JAIIE
Harvey Dent has a pile of dirty
Iaundry. Lucky for us, I got two
hands, pins, and a clothesline for
days.
25 rNlI. BROrN HOIiE - LTVTNG ROO!{ - trrGEr (N1) 25

Harper arrives to fj-nd the door ajar. She pushes it oPen to

find the LIT FIREPLACE illuminating a DARKENED HOUSE in
disarray -- overturned CHAIRS, couch CUSHIONS askew, empty
prrJL lru'rrt,ris in evi<ience. uurricane crystar ciearry brew
through in search of PILLS.
As the sounds of a HEATED ARGIMENt down the haII grow closer,
Harper retreats to the DOOR JAI{B. slightly out of view.

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 GOTEAU TNIGHTS Ep. lLl "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD PEVISED L/6/23 27.
25 CONTTNUED: 25

CRYSTAI (O.S. )
That you'd even hesitate to help
your dad says it aII. You
ungrateful little bitch. You have
the perfect life. We've given you
everything.
Stephanie backs j-nto the room as an inebriated, irate CRYSTAL
tears into her, movlng threateningly closer with each barb.
CRYSTAT (coNT'D)
Best schools, best tutors, best
chance at MIT, best shot at
actually being successful --
Stephanie finally EXPLODES --
STEPHANIE
MY. LIFE. IS. NOT. PERFECT.
Harper's taken aback as Stephanie lays her life bare.
STEPHANIE (CONT'D)
My whole life has been a Lie.
Meticulously and painstakingly
crafted by you and dad. Everything
ilve ever done, ever said, ever
worn, it was all to put on some
twisted show. To make people
believe we're the ideal family they
can only asp.fre to be. It' s like
dad always says --
(Iaughs, realizing)
-- the more they know about you.
the more they'Il use it against
you. But I am done. I'[r done
acting. I'rI done hiding who I
really am. I'm done being
manipulated by you both.
(then)
Do you even love me or am I just
some overpriced investment --
SMACK -- Crystal SLA?S her. Steph is stunned speechless.
HARPER
uut\ .,-ti'-LUUuEl tutit(.

Harper reveals herself, startling Stephanie.

STEPHru{TE
What are you doing here?
Harper protectively steps in front of Stephanie.

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 GOTHAIT KNIGHtrS Ep 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD REVISED L/6/23 28.
25 CONTTNUED: (2 ) 25

HARPER
You're just like every other
deadbeat numbing their
insecurities. You hate seeing her
happy or successful because it
remj-nds you you're not. You hate
that she's selfless, and kind, and
everlrthing vou're not. So you
project everything you hate about
yourself onto her. She doesn't
deserve that.
(a threatenJ-ng step)
AND YOU DON'T DESERVE HER.

It's obviously cathartj-c for Harper. And Stephanie can't help

but react to her passionate defense of her.
Taken down a peg, Crystal offers a callous scoff to Steph:
CRYSTAL
Your father was right. You were
always goj-ng to be a
disappointment. Guess you're more
like me after all.
That strikes a nerve with Stephani-e, her worst fear.
CRYSTAL (coNT'D)
you'Il see why I dull the pain.
Now
As she retreats to her bedroomT Stephanie wipes away a tear.
?hen looks to Harper.
STEPHATIIE
Thank you.
HARPER
Cullen ca1led. I thought you were
gerura seii us <.rut. I was wrerrg.
A sj-lent moment between them. f\ro women rea1ly seeing just
how strong the other is. Then --
HARPER'S PHONE RINGS. Snappj-ng them out of it. On S?EAKER:
HARPER (rNTO PHONE) (coNT'D)
find Turner and Duel-a?
Di-d irou
26 INT. GOEHATI AC'ADEIIY . BEI..FRY - IJOI'ER IJEVEIJ ' INtrERCUtr (N1) 25
CuIIen, stil1 in his COP DISGUISE, anxj-ously stands over the
pilfered POLICE SCAI{NER on Harper's WORK BENCH.

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26 CONTINUED: 26

CULLEN
units are en route to the
f\rso
Bowery for a possible Turner Hayes
sighting at the Ace O' Clubs.
Off our Knights' desperate race to save Turner and Duela...
27 INT. ABAtrDoIfED SUBnAY PIJATToRIIT - IIIGHT (NlI 27

Jane slaps Harvey awake. He slowly comes to... The image of

JANE DOE clarj-fies. Harvey pa1es.

You..
JAIIE
Me. Eighteen years later and he
still gj-ves me the turn-on tingles.
DUELA
Okay, ew.
HARVEY
(to Duela)
Go find Turner, he passed out at
the bar --
JANE
Oh, like you care about anyone but
yourself? The only reason you came
to the club was because you got a
threatening text from a voter who'd
just uncovered some evidence about
a crazy bitch named Jane Doe. And
Iookie how fast you jumped.
HARVEY
Arkham doesn't respond weII to
escaPees.
JANE
I didn't escape. Not under the
'24/7 Violent Offenders Watch" you
put me on. I was released thanks to
your very kind and very convincible
politj-cal opponent Lincoln March.
HARVEY
Did you mention you were my lunatic
sta,lker ?
DUELA
You stalked Harvey Dent?

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 GOIHAT KNIGHTS Ep. 111 "Daddy Issues" GOLDENROD P,EVISED L/6/23 30.
27 CONTINUED: 27

JANE
No. I fell for Harvey Dent. For the
handsome, charming, hilariously
crude Harvey Dent --
HARVEY
You're delusional, Jane. We were
never toqether --
JANE
We had a love affair. Then one day
he stops taking my calls and
denying to everyone at his office
that he knows me when I stop by --
HARVEY
Stop by? You sent my secretary a
cow's heart, Jane, you were
dangerously unhi-nged --
JAI{E
-- then come nighttime. when
nobody's around, and Harvey's got
that insatiable itch --
DUEI,A
Stil1 ew.

JANE
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door?
Harvey hears that, and suddenly grows very concerned.
JANE (coNT'D)
Not once. Not twice. Dozens of
times. TeIU-ng me he cares about
ne . B1i ngi ng f 1 grg.rgr'g . Wa_nt i ng I qrr-rg .
It was like I r,ras dealing with two
completely different men.
As Harvey processes those words, his heart sinks.
JAI{E (coNT'D )
A two-faced liar masquerading as
city savj-or. Voters beware.
DUELA
You gaslit my mother into beU-eving
she was crazy and then flexed your
pohrer to lock her behind bars for
eighteen years?

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27 CONTINUED: (2) >-7

HARVEY
I can explain everything.
JANE
I already did -- to Lincoln March,
who can now run behind the campaign
slogan that Harvey Dent's the most
dangerous man in Gotham.
Duela shoots Jane a confused look.
DUELA
You always said my dad was the most
dangerous man j.n Gotham.
JA}IE
And I meant it. Duela, meet your
real father -- Harvey Dent.
Off ouela and Harvey's shared shock --
EifD OF eC'r' FOOR
 GOEHAII KIfIGEIIS Ep. 111 "Daddy rssues" GOLDENROD REVISED Ll6/23 32.

ACT TI\TE
28 INT. ABANDONED SUBWAT LIJAITORU - trIGHtr (N1) 28

A concerned Duela examines Harvey, her face inches from his.

DUEI,A
Nope. Not seeJ-ng it.
JAI{E
I was two weeks into Arkham and
started realizing my morning
sickness wasn't from the cafeteria
sludge. It was you. The only way I
hras gonna send my baby out into a
world where I couldn't protect her
was to ensure that she wouldn't
need protecting.
DUELA
So you toici everyone that Gotharn's
most prolJ-fic murderer was my dad.
JANE
r remember his laugh when r asked
him,
DUELA
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JAI{E
Of course he knew. He liked you.
But r suppose when he realized you
could fend for yourself, he wasn't
necessary an)rmore, so he stopped
paying attention.
Due1a reels, unable to comprehend the gravity of that. She
shifts her anger toward Harvey.
DITELA
Is any of thj-s true? Dj-d you sleep
with my mom and then U-e about it?
HAR\MY
I don't know.
DUELA
You either did or you didn't.
HARVEY
ft's not... impossible.

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DUELA
Not impossible? My mom spent my
entire life behind bars. I grew up
alone, bej-ng told on the daily my
mom was some unfit socj-opath --

HARVEY
I understand why you're upset.
DUELA
You ruined my life --
HARVEY
I didn't know about you. That part,
I swear to you, I did not know.
Jane rips the BULLET from Duela's necklace. She pulls out a
REVOLVER and loads it. She hands the gun to Duela.

DUELA
What's this?
JAN.E;
Opportunity presenting itself .

29 ItrT. ACE O' CI,UBS - BAR/DAtrCE TI.OOR - NIGEII (NlI 29

BASS THUMPING as Stephanie and a HOODED Harper (COMMS in

evidence) enter the dark and dingy space/ a sea of CLUB-GOERS
making it !^--
impossible to navi.gate. Even in close quarters,
!-
DusPfrarrrE
^r^-L--l- ucl-E LU ---11
yErr --

STEPHAl{IE
Great. It'g a sweat and hormone
horror show. Any sj-gn of Turner and
DueIa?
Cullen chimes in -- he'77 onTy be on COMMS throughout.
CULLEN (O\ER COMMS)
The APB was onTy for Turner.
HARPER
Let's split up. Cover more ground.
STEPHAI{IE
V{ith cops inbound? Nope.
Steph grabs Harper's hand, Ieading her upstreamr heads on a
swivel for Turner. That's when -- GCPD OFFICER WILSON (large
and j-n charge) and his PARINER enter a BACK DOOR, FLASHLIGHTS
in hand.

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Steph pivots, but Harper stops her in her tracks as -- GCPD

OFFICER BRADY (Iean, mean and mustached) enters the FRONT
DOOR.

STEPHANTE (coNT'D)
We gotta get out of here, B.W --

Stephanie, panickedr starts to move off, but Harper grabs her

by the wrist, stoppj-ng her. Ca1m1y, she explains:
HARPER
You run? They chase. So we hide in
plain sight.
STEPHANIE
How do we do that?
HARPER
We dance.

With that, Harper slips her arm around Stephanie's wa.j-st,

drawing her in. Steph's quick to catch on, pressing her body
against Harper's as they dance to blend in. But then --
OFFICER WILSON moves through the crowd, panning a FLASHLIGHT
BEAIT{, searching. Stephani-e tenses.
STEPHANIE
Harper
IIA.I(P.EiR
Hey. Keep it down, secret identity
si-tch going on over here.
STEPHANIE
So rry. Guess we gotta get youone
of thos e cute little codenames,
U-ke Robin.
Stephanie touches the FEATHERED EARRING on Harper's ear.
STEPHATIrE ( coNT'D )
Or... BTuebird.
Harper likes the sound of that. Until she sees --
OFFICER BRADY, a cj-rc1j-ng shark drawing closer and closer to
them. Stephanie can't help herself from turning to look to
the cop, but --
HARPER
Don't. Keep your eyes on me. You
don't even know cops're here 'cause
you're too busy looking at me.

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Stephanie does as she's told, ignoring the cops. But their

focus on each other is undeniably intimate.
As the cop moves off, the girls exhale. That was too c7ose.
A cute, awls,,rard moment of -- Do we keep dancinq? -- until --
CULLEN (OVER COMMS)
He77o?? IVeed an update.
Annnd the spe1l is broken.
HARPER (COMMS)
Stil1 looking.
As the girls continue their search away from the cops, ACROSS
THE CLUB, Officer WILSON opens a DOOR TO --
30 INE. ACB O' CI.UBS - STORAGE ROOIT- NIGHT (HlI 30

A crackling FLOFESCENT LIGHT casts shadows over stacks of

LIQUOR BOXES and SUPPLIES -- and furner's UNCONSCIOUS BODY.

oEFrcER WrIJSON (rN']'O WA!KrE)

Dispatch? Got eyes on Hayes.
But Turner's unbeanied HEAD SLU!4PS. Checkj.ng for a pulse --
oFFrcER WTLSON (rNTO WAIKTE) (coNT'D)
He's out cold in a storage room,
but I've got a pu1se. Possj-b1e OD.
GCPD DTSPATCH (OVER WAIKTE)
Sending EMTs to your Tocation.
31 IN![. ACE O' - DANCE FI.OOR - NIGE! (N1}
CLUBS 31

On Harper and Stephanie, hearing the dispatch, faces faII

shit.
HARPER
I'11 just say it: What the hell
would Carie do i-n this situation?
CULLEN (ON COMMS)
Carrie would te77 us not to be in
this situation.
s'rEPrlANrE ( rN'-Uo COMI{S)
Not helpful.
Wheels turning, Stephanie pulls Harper into --
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32 INT. ACE O' CLUBS DECtr . NICNT (Ifl) 32

A secluded TABLE. Harper sits next to her as Stephanie pulls

out her PHONE, then expectantly holds out her hand --
STEPHANTE
Couldn't help but feel the Freek in
your pants. Hand her over.
CULLEN (O\rER COMMS)
Uh, say again?
Harper pulls out the FREQUENCY DEVICE, handing it to Steph
with a smirk. Steph plugs j-t into her PHONE, tapping away --
STEPHAI{IE
I'm giuessing this place never
disabled their SSrD broadcasting.
So if I boost my phone's signal
with Freek, I can blpass their
firewall, 9et their gateway
aciriress, anci run an arpspoof
conrnand to forn^rard their security
camera's rP addresses directly to --
Stephan.j-e realizes that Harper is just staring at her.
STEPHAIITE ( coNT'D )
What? I know,
+^^ c^^+
I know,*^^my brain
1^..+ T
rllv v qp ^^*^!,,1
UVV lqp u gvailg vt$tgg t !q s I
can't explain all that right now --
HARPER
You don't have to. You're just you.
STEPHAIIIE
(sharp inhale)
Anrl rrnrrtro
'----1
irret
J---
rznrr-
G-

Beat, it's electric -- the CCTV feeds pop up on her PHONE.

STEPHANIE (CONT'D)
Got j-nto thej-r cameras. Cycling
back to when the cops arrj-ved.
ON HER PHONE: A QUAD of CCTV monitors in reverse until the
flashing liqhts of TWO GCPD CRUISERS leave frame.

STEPHAIITE ( coNT'D )
Here we go.

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Stephanj-e CLICKS those AI{GLES, footage now SPLIT-SCREEN.

Playing through, Harper and Steph CLOCK Officer arady exiting
his cruiser -- marked 61{ -- out front, while Officer Wilson
and his PARTNER exit the cruiser -- marked 5229 -- in the
alley out back.
Stephanie's eyes dart as she pieces together a puzzle. Harper
reads her -- this girT's got a fucking p7an.
STEPHAI{rE (coNT'D )
Magic number's 614.
HARPER
Ready to spoil the party?
STEPHATIIE
You bet your ass f am.
33 EXtr. ACE O' CT.UBS -
- TNtrERCUtr (N1)
ALLEr 33

RED AT{D BLUE LIGHTS Teflect off the HOOD of GCPD CRUISER
5228, obscuring our view -- except for Harper's legs moving
about as she tinkers beneath the hood. SUDDENLY --
Its CHERRY LIGHTS CUT OUT, ENGINE fizz1'lng. The HOOD drops,
revealing a satJ-sf j-ed Harper wiping GRIIIIE from her hands.
HARPER (INTO COMMS)
A11 right, folks. Consider this
last calI.
34 INE. ACE O' CLUBS - UPPER DECK - INITERCUT {N1) 34

Back at the TABLE, Stephanie sees WILSON'S PARTNER and TWO

EMTs enter the club, heading for the STORAGE ROOM. Shit.
STEPHANIE (INTO COMMS)
Better hurry. EMTs just got here.
BACK IN trHE ALLEY: As Harper heads back, something on the
DASH of the CRUISER catches her eye, intrigued.

BACK It{ trHE BOO|IH: Stephanie spots Officer Brady. She steps
in his path.
STEPHANTE (coNT'D)
Offj-cer -- I think I just saw one
of those fugitives from the news.
OFFICER BRADY
Where?

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ne follows Steph AROUND A CORNER where EZZAI! Officer Brady

DROPS, revealing Harper wj-th a GcPD-labeled STUN GUNpilfered
from cruiser 5228,
STEPTIANIE
Yep, right there.
Harper grabs his KEYS and RADIO as Stephanie taps her,
nodding to -- Officer Wilson leading a DAZED and HANDCUFFED
Turner, flanked by tf,ilson's PARTNERT out the back exj-t. As
Harper and Stephanie look on, concerned --
35 EXT. ACB O' - AI'I.EY - INIIERCUT (N1)
CIJUBS 3s

Turner stumbles out wj-th Officer Wilson and his PARTNER, when
he sees -- no FLASHING LIGHTS overhead. He reaches inside to
turn the KEY to no avail -- CRUISER 5228's a DEAD STICK.
oFFrcER WTLSON (rNTO WALKTE)
Kj-d's fine, just drunk. Gonna brj-ng
hj-m in, but our cruiser's DOA in
the alley on the south side. Anyone
copy?
SUDDENLY -- CRUISER 61{ screeches up. Officer Wilson loads
Turner into the back seat, slapping the bumper as the car
takes off --
36 ME. gC?D CRUrSEn 61{ - Nrcrrr (N1) 36

Turner's eyes flj-cker open7 takj.ng j.n hj.s surroundings. FUCK.

TURNER
Listen to me, if you bring me i-n,
I'm dead.
That's when -- a fam;iliar face appears in the rearview.
Ciili,EI[
Then you're lucky j-t's me and not
some Court executi-oner.
TURNER
CuIlen? ?

CULLEN
Tha+-'e Of f icer Hl-ne G to ;*ou.
Turner breathes a sigh of relief.
37 IN!T. ABANDONED SUBITAT PX.AtrTORT - NIGEtr (N1) 37

As Duela feels the wej-ght of the gun in her hands --

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HARVEY
You puII that trigger and you're
the kilter this city says you are.
DUELA
Now you wanna give me fatherly
advice?
JANE
He's all yours, sweetie.
Duela lifts the gun, ain:ing it at Harvey.
HARVEY
I think I know what happened. This
will sound insane, but hear me out.
DT'ELA
Thirty seconds. Twenty-nine...
HARVEY
r useq Io surrer rrom a
psychologj-cal condition where there
were two of me -- one being the
Harvey si-tti-ng before you begging
for his 1ife. And one who was a
rogrue, reckless version who, at the
time, I didn't know how to control.
That's who hurt you.
DUELA
Friendly advj-ce, use your thirty
seconds to come off a tiny bit less
psychotic than the Joker.
HAR\IEY
That's what I'm getting at, okay?
You're in control here, Duela. You
spent your whole life thinking you
were the Joker's daughter, so of
course you were gonna be the best
bad kid in town, of course you're
gonna create chaos and live up to
his name. But you don't have to do
that anymore. That's not your narne.
as uuera absorbs rhat,, impacted, her han<i st.arts to cirop.
JAIiIE
PuII the trigger, Due.

HARVEY
You're in control, Due1a --

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JANE
We spent eighteen years apart
because of hi-m --
HARVEY
This is your clean slate --
JAI{E
Make him pay for what he did to us--
HARVEY
Be the woman you want to be --
JA}{E
Be your mother's daughter, Duela --
BAIIGI The bullet soars DIRECTLY into Harvey's CHEST. The
fMPACT tips the bench and Harvey DROPS WITH A FATAI THUD.
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ACtr SrX
38 INtr. GoTHAlt ASADEUT - BETPRT . LoTER LEvEL . NIGHE (N1} 38

Cu11en storms in, pissed, as Turner follows behind...

CULLEN
If you wouldn't mj-nd not pulling a
runner so I can actually eat
dinner, that'd be great.
TURNER
I didn't ask you to save me.

CULLEN
You don't have to ask, Turner,
that's the POINT. You can push me
ahrayr you can sleep with Duela, you
can make idiotic choices and
straight.up,Iie to my face, but I'm
noE aDanoonJ-ng you. Arrct one oay/
when j-t eventually gets me killed,
maybe you'I1 realize how much you
actually matter to me --
And that's when -- TURNER HUGS HIM.
Strong, apologetic, and grateful. Cu11en tries to pu11 away,
a-.-.r-
! s u m..--^-,
L^"1 l.:
l uA llsr +,i
^I llv4urrlY -- ^-
vrr -L.r-u q0
ulYrr

Cullen gi-ves wdy, finally embracing him back. A bond forged

by the most fucked-up of circumstances...
39 XNT!. GOITHAII ACADEITY. BELTRT. UPPER LEVEI,. NIGHE (N1) 39

Stephanie sits on the bench, anxiously eyeing the ROSE

Harpel 4,f fcu'<a her a PIr,r'OW ancr- BT.ANKnT.
WII{DOW. a-,q

HARPER
Feel free to take the couch. Turner
thinks Due1a took off with her mom,
who just got released from Arkham.
Stephani-e takes that !-n, surprised. Harper leans on the wal1.
STEPHANIE
Damn. Guess I wasn't the only one
who had a crazy day.
(then)
Can't really blame her, though. I
spent the last decade in a co-
dependent relationship with my
parents.
(MoRE )

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STEPHANTE (CONT'D)
It took my dad asking me to put my
frj-ends' lj-ves in jeopardy to
realize I wasn't thej-r daughter, I
was their puppet.
(then)
Of course I'd even hook up with a
guy who has the perfect last name
j-n their eyes. Even though he never
made me feeI...
HARPER
l{hat?
STEPHAI{IE
Anything at all?
(then)
And nor* that my strings are cut, I
don't even know who f am, or what r
like, or what I want.
HARPER
But you cio. rn your gut. For once
in your life, don't think before
you answer.
(then)
What does Stephanie Brown want?
Stephanie considers the question a long moment. She stands
and moves to Harper. She answers by PULLING Harper in for --
ONE HELL OF A KISS.
It's electric. A long beat, then Stephanie pulls back:
STEPHANIE
So that's what it feels like.
Harper smiles, seeing this woman find herself. As Harper
leans iN and KISSES HER AGATN _-
40 EX:[. S:TRAET/PRANI{Y'S RV . NIGHIT (N1} 40

An aged, lopsided CAIIPER loiters among garbage can fires and

homeless tents. Inside --
41. I1{T. FRAITNT,S Rv - NrGH!T (NlI 4L

Duela stares out the window, seated on ripped upholstery.

Nearby, Jane shuffles through the cabinets.

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4L CONTINUED: 4L

JANE
Franny said we could hole up here
'til I tie up a few loose ends,
then we put this hellhole in our
rearview.
She f inds two mismatching MUGS and pours CHAI'IPAGNE.

JANE (coNT'D)
Queen of Coffee or r Love My Kitty?
DUELA
Whatever.
Jane hands Duela a cup, sensing despondence.
JAIIE
Lj-sten, r know it probably feels
like the earth underneath your feet
just went kaput. That was a Iot
today. But Harvey Dent was evil. tte
kept us away from each other. He
took your childhood. He took my
motherhood. And you --
Jane reaches across the table and squeezes Duela's hand.
JAIIE ( coNT'D )
You showed me exactly who I raj-sed
you to be. And I am so unbelievably
prouci oi you, baby giri.
Duela squeezes her mom's hand -- exactly what she's wanted,
JAIIE ( coNT'D )
To my daughter, my hero -- the most
dangerous girl in Gotham.
(beat)
ml^^ -.,i -1- ..L^
wllv
l-.,i 1 'I
,!a4r9u ^l
u^-,,^r,
ugr v 9J
n^-*-
usrl e.
-rr9 :r4!

Due1a toasts her mom's mug. As Jane chugs hers, off Due1a,
unsure this is the fresh start she wanted...
42 II|T. ' PATIEIT ROOI{ - NIGHT (N1}
GOTBAIi GEtrERAII 42

Harvey lies on a hospital bed. His EYES FLICKER open...

A GCPD OFFICER sitting watch sees Harvey rouse and stands.
GCPD OFFICER
Welcome back, sir.
He touches his BRUISED chest rarhere the bullet struck, paj-ned.
How the fuck is he alive right now? Where is he?

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GCPD OFFTCER (coNT'D)

You're in Gotham Gen. Couple
utility workers found you on the
old Red Line.
HARVEY
I was shot. r should be dead.
GCPD OFFICER
Not if fate had a say.
The Officer FLIPS something to Harvey. Harvey catches it,
realizj-ng his savior was his
NOW_DENTED ATHENIAN OWL COIN.

GCPD OFFTCER (coNT'D)

EMTs found it in your pocket.
He eyes the BULLET-MARRED OWL on the face of the coin.
HARVEY
You gotta be kidding. The coin
saved me?
GCPD OFFICER
f don't know if that's a good
thing, sir. Something teIls me
you're gonna wj-sh you were dead.
HE NIIS UNIVIU'IIj ON TNE '.1V, WNETE A GU'.UHAIVT NIiV{S ANCITOR ltEiPO!('IS--

43 Ev BRoADcAS'r - t Go'rHAu I{Ews ton, - NrcEtr (Nlt 43

OTS of the Anchor, a MUGSHOT of Duela beside Harvey's face on

a CAIV1PAIGN POSTER -- ,PUT A DENT I1{ CRII{E.,
GOTHAM NEWS NOW ANCHOR
f lr
rrl o, tf t-urrrr-LtlY
-- v\.; l-(.rrJEl- DLrl-Pl-
^-r^i-^-- --------f rDg
--
f f L
looks like one of the fugitives
suspected in the high-profile
murder of Bruce Wayne has a new
name -- Duela Dent. l,i-ncoln March
has come forward with damnj-ng
j-nformation that Harvey Dent is
actually Due1a's father.
A44 IN![. UARCE PENTEOUSE - LIVINC ROOU . NIGHT (N1) A44

As the REPORTER continues, puII off the TV to find REBECCA

eyeing the report, pleased:

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GOTHAM NEWS NOW ANCHOR (ON TV)

According ta March and confizming
DNA reports, Dent a77eged7y sired
the young woman formerTy known as
The Joker's Dauqhter with Arkham
inmate Jane Doe, who cTaims s}te was
Tocked away in order to cover up
Harvey's iTTicit affair. This
raises fresh questions about the
conflict of interest between the
D.A. and Gotham fugitives. This'11
no-doubt impact the polIs.
Rebecca turns off the TV and heads for --
44 IilI. I{ARCII PEN:TUOUSE - BEDROOIT - NIGEtr (If1I 44

-- where Lincoln applj-es scar cream to the wound on his

TORSO. Rebecca snatches the JAR, then sits on the edge of the
bed.
lr.r;BECCA
How's it healing?
LINCOLN
The wound will heal. The idea of my
wife secretly tasking her Talon to
run me through with his sword will
take a little more time.
REBECCA
I had to distance you from The
Court. But if I'd known you'd just
Ieave out your trophies for your
son to find, I would've told the
Talon to aim a little higher.
Lincoln pauses, struck by how casually that just flowed off
his wife's tongue. As he finishes buttoning his pajamas and
moves to the bathroom --
Rebecca lays back on the bed, cradling her phone as she eyes
a voicemail from Harvey. She presses PLAY --
HARWY (VOTCEMATL)
Rebecca, it's me. You need to ca77
me -- -l neeci co know you're saie. t
know about Lincoln and The Court. I
promise your I'm going to do
everything in my power to stop your
husband. I won't 7et anything
happen to you.
Rebecca rewinds the message five seconds.

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HLRWY (VOTCEMATL) (coNT',D)

I won't 7et anything
happen to you.
She rewinds j-t again.
HARWY (VOTCE{ATL) (coNT'D)
I won't 7et anything happen to you,
Rebecca touches the phone to her chest. Off the true head of
Gotham's most dangerous cabal, smilJ-ng like a school girI...
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