Stargirl

Whoo!

...and suddenly she fell on her face.

This hotel is so cute. How did you find it?

Oh, a, uh, friend recommended it to me.

Hm.

I just want to say, thank you, again.

You did such a great job today, Barbara. Really.

It was your passion for the way we've revitalized Blue Valley

that convinced him to approve the sale.

I couldn't have done it without you.

Well, look, thank you, again, Barbara,

uh, but if you'll please excuse me,

I, uh, promised to go and pay that friend of mine a visit.

- Oh. - But, please, stay, have some dessert.

I've asked them to send the bill to my room.

Thank you, Jordan.

- And, uh, I'll see you in the morning. - Mmm-hmm.

- -

Hi, Pat. How's everything?

Everyone's okay, Barbara, but...

What is it?

There's been an accident.

Hey.

Pat.

I called your mom.

She's gonna be home later tonight.

What did you tell her?

I told her we were in a car accident.

Scared the hell out of her.

But she knows you're gonna be okay.

What happened to you?

Oh, I

I told the hospital it was an accident too.

And if there was an accident, there needed to be a report,

in case anybody started asking too many questions, so, uh...

I

Drove the Buick into a light post.

- The Buick? - Yeah.

You love that car.

Yeah, well, forget about the car, okay?

Here's what's gonna happen now.

I'm taking you home,

and you're gonna get some rest. Tomorrow

I'm gonna find out what I can about Cindy Burman and her family.

She went after you for a reason.

And with abilities like that, clearly she's connected to the ISA, most likely...

Most likely someone's daughter.

I wanna know whose.

I know it was stupid for me to go off alone.

But this could be the break we needed to figure out who was in the ISA.

Court, nothing's worth you getting hurt like this. Do you understand that?

- We need to be honest. - I know.

- I'm really sorry. - I mean, with

I mean, with your mother.

We can't keep lying to her, Courtney.

If... If we tell her right now, she won't let us do this anymore.

Court, the world can think that a car wreck put you in here,

but your mom, she deserves to know the truth.

I hate lying to her too, I do, but...

But we'll tell her... We'll tell her everything

after we stop the ISA, once it's safe in Blue Valley.

I'll rest. I'll get better. I won't go off alone anymore, but...

But, please, don't tell her, Pat.

Not yet.

She'll take this away from me.

I did it, Dad.

What's that, Cynthia?

What no one else in the Injustice Society could do.

I found Stargirl.

I know.

And you didn't alert me.

- Is she dead? - Yeah, probably.

That is a yes or no question.

- I'm so... - Let me answer

She's alive.

I sent drones to retrieve the body. It was gone.

I beat her, okay?

There was someone else there, and I couldn't see who.

A new member of the Justice Society, I'd imagine.

Stargirl isn't the only one we're dealing with.

- Dad... - And even so,

you put on your graduation uniform without my approval,

you took my staff and you went out, risking exposure,

jeopardizing us all. And for what?

- I hurt her and I... - Oh, I don't doubt it.

You are so good at hurting things.

Stop bringing up Mom.

I didn't.

Don't passive-aggressive me.

I've proved myself.

The fact that Stargirl is still alive says the opposite.

- If you would just listen to me. - I'm done listening.

And now, instead of focusing on my important work here,

I'm forced to explain my daughter's ill-considered actions to the others.

Truthfully, they might never give you a seat at the table now.

I didn't do anything wrong.

She was in the tunnels, Cynthia.

And you left her alive.

Return home.

And do nothing until I call for you, do you understand?

Do not make me remove my hood.

What the hell are we doing just standing here?

Cindy Burman sent Courtney to the emergency room tonight!

- She tried to kill her! - So, what should we do?

We break Cindy Burman's door down, and we take the bitch out!

- No. Cindy has powers. - So do we.

Cindy Burman having powers means that her dad

or her mom could be part of the Injustice Society.

Great, let's hope so.

Hey, we have no idea what we'd be walking into, or who we'd be up against.

There's a smarter approach to this.

An eye for an eye is how it works.

Listen, Rick, I'm mad too.

- But you just need to sit down and cool off. - Or what?

What are you gonna do? Stare at me?

You hurt so much you wanna hurt everyone else. Is that it, Rick?

I care about Courtney, about both of you.

About everyone in Blue Valley. But we should be trying to figure out

who Cindy's parents are before we act.

I think Beth's right, Rick.

Okay.

So, what do you wanna do?

I've got a plan.

A good one.

Hey, Henry.

- Hey, Court. - Hey, Mike.

I, uh, made some Pizza Palooza Bites, if you want any.

Last ones in the box. A little greasy.

- Wow. You never give up Pizza Palooza Bites. - Yeah.

I know.

Listen, uh

I'm really sorry.

For what?

You weren't, um, driving the car.

About what I said at the game.

How Pat was my dad and not yours, uh

I'm really sorry. I shouldn't have said it.

I already forgot about it.

It's just you guys have been spending so much time together.

And I always tell him I don't want to,

but he's my dad, you know.

I never really had to share him with anyone.

I get it.

I'm also kind of glad that he's your dad too

'cause that makes you my sister, and that's pretty cool.

Thanks, little bro.

Okay, so, we need to... talk.

Or I do, I guess.

Look, uh...

Look, I

I know in the past, we've had our differences

and haven't always seen eye-to-eye on everything.

At times, you know, it seemed...

Well, you didn't even really respect me all that much,

and as long as I'm speaking honestly, I felt that you were, uh,

pretty impulsive and, uh, reckless.

But the thing is

when you came into Starman's life, he was already an adult, right?

Sylvester had been running around

as the Star-Spangled Kid for years.

He had experience. Sylvester knew what to expect.

But Courtney... Courtney's got a lot to learn.

I know you want justice for Sylvester, and I do too,

but Courtney could've died tonight.

And I'm asking you to protect her.

If it gets to be too much

take her away from the danger instead of towards it.

Can you hear me?

Uh, if you understand me, uh, just do something.

Do one of your, you know, just

Hello?

That's how it's gonna be.

Talking to a stick, Pat, that's great.

You're losing it, Pat. You really are.

Uh, hi.

I thought you weren't gonna actually let her drive yet.

I know. I wasn't. It just... When we left the game,

I thought, you know, well, why not just...

Her first time behind the wheel, at night?

It was obviously just a bad idea.

I'm sorry.

- How's Mike? - Mike's okay.

He stayed at the game and then got a ride home with a friend. He... He's fine.

Barb, I need to talk to you about something else.

Can we do that in the morning? I'm just really exhausted from that trip to Oakville and back.

Okay.

- Can I get you anything? - No, I'm good.

- I'm gonna go to bed. - Okay.

Okay.

- -

Hello, Mr. Reilly.

Who the hell are you?

My name is Jordan Mahkent. I've been waiting for you.

Keep waiting.

- -

I hear you've done quite well for yourself over at Firebrand Chemical.

You've been promoted four times in the last seven years? Vice President of Acquisitions.