Birds of Prey

!! BIRDS OF PREY - 1X00: PILOT !!

New Gotham Police have claimed to dismantled the largest organized crime ring...

in the city's history tonight after a fire fight at the city's dockyards,

in the city's history tonight after a fire fight at the city's dockyards,

resulting in explosions that were visible over miles.

Rumors persist that the real target was a shadowy madman known only as The Joker.

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

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

Mom !

Stop him ! Somebody stop him !

Somebody stop him ! Somebody stop him !

Mom ! Mom, it's Helena.

Mom ! No ...

Mom! Mom, it's Helena.

... that this was an all out attempt to destroy his criminal empire once and for all.

Criminals at the scene insist they were attacked by a mysterious masked vigilante.

who they call BATMAN and his partner, BATGIRL.

Veteran New Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon

refused to comment, only to say that two unidentified law-enforcement agents

were responsible for bringing The Joker into police custody

and denied reports that any BATMAN or BATGIRL at the scene.

We have a breaking story : A fatal stabbing in New Gotham Downtown New Gotham.

eports are coming in that the victim is the infamous Selena Kyle,

the mysterious and beautiful businesswoman,

once accused of leading a double life as the jewel thief called CATWOMAN.

- Helena. - It is now confirmed. She is dead at the scene.

Catwoman is survived by her only daughter, Helena.

Ms. Kyle has been romantically linked to the enigmatic millionaire Bruce Wayne.

This is...

Helena !

Knock, knock...

Who's there ?

Batgirl... past tense.

- Dinah ?! - She was stabbed !

And the other one... he shot her.

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

Hush, Dinah. Hush. It was just a dream.

We've talked about this, Dinah. You know how your father and I feel. It's all your imagination...

No, I saw it. Two girls in New Gotham and...

It's just a dream.

You've never even set off outside this town.

Whatever you think you see, none of it's real.

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

No, I didn't.

7 YEARS LATER

To... or from ?

Excuse me ?

Are you running away from something or... or to something ?

I'm not. I mean... I...

No, it's... it's cool. You should be careful, though. 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 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.

Ah.

Here, Barbara. These are more like you.

I stopped by your classroom.

Yeah, I, uh, had to take off early today. A lot of work to do.

You've always had a lot of work to do.

Never mattered before. Have dinner with me tonight.

Wade, I'm sorry. I... I... I can't. I can't.

All right, all right, then at least tell me why.

Tell me that I was wrong about the last six months. Tell me it wasn't good. Tell me it wasn't fun.

It's... it's... it's complicated.

I like complicated. This is part of what makes you so attractive.

What, just part ?

Well, see, I can't talk about the other parts right now.

Look, Wade, it's not you.

Please, I really have to go.

Okay. So, it's not me. Just tell me 'what' ? Then, what is it ?

Hey, it's me. Remember that suicide last week ?

Well, there's another one that looks a lot like it.

Too much like it.

Huntress, it's Oracle. Do you copy ?

You've gone off-line again, haven't you ?

Huntress ?

It's called talk therapy, Helena, not stare hostilely at your psychiatrist therapy.

The court sent me here for anger management, right ?

mm-hmm.

Observe the managing. I'm cured. You're a genius.

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

A few months later, Barbara Gordon became your legal guardian.

Why did you move in with her and not your father ?

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

And as it turned out, he didn't even know that he had a kid.

At least my mom tried to protect me.

He was just clueless.

I miss her.

And in that one moment, she was gone.

Everything changed. I changed.

Into what ?

Into someone maybe I wasn't meant to be.

This is... the, uh, address.

I'll see you tonight.

- Okay. - Bye.

It's gonna be different here. I know it.

Oh, no ! No ! No !

No !

Don't move ! Just lie still.

Don't let them get me !

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

- Come on ! - We 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, um...

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 ?

- 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 for no reason" case. It's totally routine.

Was that sarcasm ? 'Cause you know I'm a sensitive man.

Seriously, Reese, you gotta layoff "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 even begin to explain.

Freaks, weirdos. 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.

Okay.

Oh, man. You've got "Wade" face !

This is turning out to be the longest break-up in recorded history.

I've been calling for hours.

See, the problem with you is that you only go out with one guy at a time.

Not effective risk management.

Don't change the subject. Where have you been ?

That shrink thing... remember ?

Being punished for destroying city property while chasing down your bad guy.

Okay, well. 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 super-villians...

For what ? Lousy hours ? Nonexistent pay, no recognition, ...traffic tickets ?

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

Anyway, I need you to go on sweep tonight. There's been another death.

You mean another suicide ?

No, it's murder... neither of these guys had any history of psychological illness, no reason to even consider suicide.

People can kill themselves if they want, it is a free country !

Excuse me.

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.

No, it's who you are.

My shift's over anyway.

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

Hey, baby, you want to go out ? You want to go out tonight ?

Oh, god. You scared me.

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

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

One thing you learn about New Gotham, Dinah...

things are never what they seem.

Aahhh ! Leave me alone !

Oh, come on, don't be scared, Dinah. Ugh !

The lady isn't interested.

I was hoping you'd say something like that.

Who the hell are you ?

I'm The Huntress, and you're the prey.

Warmed up yet ?

Ohh ! I hate a man with no endurance. Really, what's the point ?

You can just say "thank you." It wasn't that spectacular.

No. It's... it's you. I saw you in my dream. I...

You're really real.

Kid, you should go home.

Wait... where can I find you ?

It's late. There's a shelter on Durbin, a few blocks south.

You should get off the streets.

No, wait !

I'm telling you, the word on the street are that these deaths are your garden-variety "goodbye, cruel world."

Is there anything to eat in here ?

It's almost as if they were running from something.

There's never any food in this place.

A gazillion dollars' worth of computer equipment and not one jar of peanut butter.

This doesn't make any sense. I mean, if I were gonna kill myself...

You wouldn't.

What ?

Kill yourself... you wouldn't.

Do you know how old these are ?

Wait... what do you mean, I wouldn't kill myself ?

It's just not your nature.

I resent that.

I'm as broody and romantically self-destructive as the next girl.

Yeah, in a "let's go get the bad guys, let nothing stand in the path of the mission" sort of way.

You know, I'm the one that does all the night sweeps. I'm the one that does all the fieldwork. I'm the one with bruises in really embarrassing places. Would it kill you to go to the grocery store every once in a while ?

What is this obsession with food ?

You try fighting the force of evil when your blood sugar's low.

Perimeter breach !

Inside, near the elevator, sector two.

- I can't get a good visual. - I'm on it.