Birds of Prey

My name is Alfred Pennyworth and I have a story to tell.

For many years in the city of New Gotham...

...a secret war raged by night.

Unknown to the everyday world...

...a battle for the very heart of the city was waged between Batman and Joker.

One night, the final battle was fought and Joker lost.

Joker's revenge was taken not on Batman himself...

...but on the ones he loved.

Helena Kyle didn't know that her father was Batman...

...nor did she know that her mother had once been Catwoman.

And Catwoman was the Joker's first victim.

Mom? Mom, can you hear me? It's Helena.

Mom, you have to. You have to. You have to hear me.

Mom.

Stop him.

Somebody stop him.

Somebody stop him.

Mom.

Mom.

Helena Kyle's life was forever changed that dark night...

...but the Joker's revenge wasn't finished.

Batman had trained many protegees over the years...

...and one of them was Barbara Gordon, who called herself Batgirl.

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Batgirl.

Past tense.

Dinah Lance was no more than a child, living far from New Gotham.

She was stabbed.

And the other one, he shot her.

I saw her. She fell down and the blood went on the floor and...

Hush, Dinah. Hush.

It was just a dream.

We've talked about this.

Whatever you think you see, it's all your imagination.

None of it's real.

Are you listening to me, Dinah? You didn't see anything.

- Did you? No, I didn't.

But Dinah knew her visions would become her future.

And so seven years later, our story begins as Dinah arrives in New Gotham...

...to seek out her dreams and follow her destiny.

To or from?

Excuse me?

Are you running away from something or to something?

I'm not. I mean, l...

No, it's cool.

You should be careful, it's a big city if you don't know anyone.

Hey, I'm Jerry.

- Dinah. - See? Now you know someone.

To.

I'm running to.

Or at least I hope so.

There are a couple of people in New Gotham that I sort of knew.

Or knew about, anyway.

Um, it's hard to explain.

Well, do you think they're still in the city?

I don't really know what happened to them.

Barbara, right?

Yes.

The new guidance counselor, right?

Right. Wade Brixton. We met during orientation.

Never really got into Shakespeare. Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet.

I mean, he's a glorious romantic, but the lovers always end up dying.

Not the ideal way to finish a date.

Uh, well, maybe you should try the comedies.

People wandering around in disguises, mistaking each other's identity...

...only to find each other and live happily ever after.

- Does that sound better? - Definitely.

I'm a sucker for happy endings.

I, uh... I could recommend a few of the plays I bet you'd like.

- That would be great. - Yeah, okay.

Could we do that over coffee?

With me. Together.

- The two of us? - Ah. Uh.

- Are you asking me on a date? - What if I say yes?

Um, would that get you to come?

- It might. - Well, then, yes.

Coffee, dinner, you name it.

Wow, that sounds great.

Sorry.

Wade, I have to go.

I'm sorry. Um, it's kind of an emergency.

- Is everything okay? - Yeah. Yeah, nothing serious.

It's just something I need to take care of now.

Okay, great. So you'll let me know.

Absolutely.

Okay.

Huntress, it's Oracle. Do you copy?

You've gone offline again, haven't you?

God, this is so like you.

It's a transceiver, not a Walkman.

Huntress. Huntress.

You've been coming here for three months, Helena.

You've barely said a word.

Talk therapy works better when you actually speak.

Court sent me here for anger management, right?

Observe the managing.

I'm cured.

You're a genius.

You sideswiped two cars, flattened a stop sign, crushed a fire hydrant.

- I was in a hurry. - Knocked out a security guard.

I shoved him to get him out of the way.

- Barely even touched the guy. - And why were you in such a hurry?

I don't know, I had things to do.

I understand that whatever it was seemed urgent to you.

No, you don't understand.

You don't know me. You don't know anything about me.

Let's just run the clock out here and call it good.

I do know that on this day seven years ago, you watched your mother die.

And a few months later, Barbara Gordon became your legal guardian.

There's no mention of your father.

Because at the time, I didn't know who he was.

But you do now?

Bruce Wayne is my father.

Your father is one of the wealthiest men in the country...

...and you move in with a schoolteacher?

Wasn't exactly Father Knows Best.

He didn't know he had a kid.

Clueless is a radical understatement.

Sounds like your relationship with your father is conflicted.

What relationship?

He didn't raise me, my mom did.

I miss her.

She...

She was funny...

...crazy and dangerous and...

In that one moment, she was gone.

That's when everything changed.

I changed.

Into what?

Into someone maybe I wasn't meant to be.

This is the address.

- I'll see you tonight? - Okay.

Bye.

It's gonna be different here.

- I know it. No, no.

No.

No!

[HORN HONKING AND TIRES SQUEALING]

Don't move. Just lie still.

You won't let them get me.

- Don't let them get me. - Who's trying to get you?

- Come on. - I didn't know what was beneath.

Beneath...

...Phoenix.

I can't really describe him, I never got a good look at his face.

- So you say this guy didn't push the victim. - No, he wasn't anywhere near him.

- But... - But what?

Miss, you saw something, didn't you?

Yeah.

- She saw a guy on a bench. - Come on, Mac.

Listen.

If you think of anything else at all, and I mean anything...

...you can reach me at this number, okay?

Okay.

Good night.

What? McNALLY: Don't start.

Start what?

"There's something prowling the night," that's what.

Of course not.

This is just your basic normal-guy-freaks-out...

...throws-himself-in-front- of-a-speeding-vehicle case.

- Oh, it's totally routine. - Was that sarcasm?

Because you know I'm a sensitive man.

Seriously, Reese, you've gotta lay off The Twilight Zone.

The guys are starting to talk.

McNally, you hear the same stories I do.

You see the same things we can't begin to explain.

Freaks. Weirdoes. Urban myths.

Myths are just the truth a few generations later.

Come on, McNally. What are you so afraid of?

Being seen with you, getting carted off to the loony bin, I'm gonna make you a list.

There's something going on in this city after the sun goes down.

I intend to find out what it is.

I've been calling for hours. Where have you been?

That shrink thing, remember?

Being punished for destroying property while chasing your bad guy.

You could have gone around the fire hydrant.

Doesn't it ever bother you?

We spend all our time trying to save the city...

...fighting crime lords and supervillains, for what?

Lousy hours, nonexistent pay, no recognition and traffic tickets?

That's the downside of having a secret identity, the secrecy.

I need you tonight. There's been another death.

- Another suicide. - It's murder. Neither of these guys...

...had history of psychological illness, no reason to consider suicide.

Excuse me. Sorry.

I'm telling you, there's something wrong here.

- I can feel it. - Is your spider sense tingling?

Stop twitching and have a drink.

- Could you focus for just one second? - I am focused.

I'm focusing on why we do it, why do we even bother?

We do it because it's who we are.

My shift's over, anyway.

It might be good for me to go kick some ass.

Hey, baby, you wanna go out?

You wanna go out, honey?

You scared me.

- Um, I thought you were, you know... - Dangerous?

Um, well, it's kind of a weird place to have a party.