THE Batman - S04 E12 - The Joining, Part 1 of 2 (720p - HMax Web-DL)
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00:00You have a great view from your office, Mr. Fox.
00:29Call me Lucius.
00:31And I agree.
00:32I never get tired of watching the process.
00:34Everyone working together like that, all those people, it's like a giant machine.
00:39More like an efficient team.
00:41One Bruce hardly needs to worry about.
00:43It's what makes the other part of his life possible.
00:47You mean the other part of his life in which he appears at museum dedications and fashion
00:50shows.
00:51I mean fighting crime.
00:54You mean fighting crimes of fashion.
00:57Dick.
00:58He knows I'm the Batman.
01:04I was a close friend of Bruce's father.
01:07After the tragedy, I was happy to offer what little help I could.
01:10It was more than a little.
01:11Lucius helped construct the Batcave.
01:14And on the rare occasions he lets me, I get to lend a hand with some of the Batgadgets.
01:19I do love tinkering with the Bat's shadow tech.
01:22Oh, well then, yay.
01:24So we're just throwing around words that start with Bat now.
01:26That's fine.
01:28Lucius, you clearly have the factory running as smoothly as ever.
01:31I don't know why I even bother with these visits.
01:34Maybe you just come by to see an old friend.
01:37Hmm, doesn't sound like me.
01:39Ha ha ha ha.
01:40BELL RINGS
01:42There you go, Jim.
01:43Oh, I see it.
01:44Thank you.
01:45Thank you.
01:46Thank you.
01:47So, who else knows?
01:50Is there a list or something?
01:51Is it on the internet?
01:53BruceWayneIsBatman.org?
01:54Lucius Fox is the only one you didn't already know about.
01:58And he'll be the last.
01:59I try not to make a habit of having to rely on other people.
02:02Especially to keep my secrets.
02:14What?
02:15Who are you?
02:16Wait!
02:24THEME MUSIC
02:54♪
03:25♪
03:33Can't I.D. them from here.
03:35I.D. them?
03:36I can do that.
03:37Bad guys.
03:38And pretty ordinary ones, too.
03:40We can handle this.
03:41Uh, didn't we just get in trouble last week for freelancing?
03:44The boss was very clear.
03:46He said to wait while he scoped out the situation.
03:48Okay.
03:51We waited.
03:52♪
04:11Well, I'm already bored.
04:12Any way to make this more interesting?
04:14We could take them down while reciting the alphabet backwards.
04:17Ugh!
04:18Ugh!
04:19Ugh!
04:20Ugh!
04:21Gotcha, birdbrains!
04:24Ugh!
04:26Ugh!
04:27Ugh!
04:30Ugh!
04:31Ugh!
04:32♪
04:47Guess they weren't so ordinary after all.
04:49Maybe they were those super-strong zombie thugs.
04:52We would have had them if you'd waited.
04:55Look, I know being a costume crimefighter means never having to say I'm sorry.
05:00But, yeah.
05:01We're sorry.
05:02No, it's my fault.
05:03Maybe I've been relying on you two more than I should.
05:06This never happened when I worked alone.
05:24Detective John Jones.
05:25I'm new to the force.
05:26I've heard about you and your mission to protect Gotham.
05:29Admirable.
05:39Did you see what these guys were stealing?
05:44The shipment belonged to your company.
05:47My company?
05:48Wayne Industries has had an unusually high volume of shipments going in and out of the city this week.
05:53It's no surprise that someone with sticky fingers finally took notice.
05:57Mind if I inspect this property back at my headquarters?
06:00Fine by me, but you'll need Bruce Wayne's permission.
06:02I can secure it.
06:03I'll bet you can.
06:13It's a new project.
06:14Wayne Tech Research really paid off this time.
06:17We've developed whole new metals.
06:19Hybrids.
06:20It's pretty exciting, if you're into metallurgy.
06:22That's the reason for the extra shipping.
06:25I thought that project was still at the development stage.
06:28It is, but the development is requiring some supplies.
06:31Really, there's nothing you need to worry about.
06:33You should have those crates sent back here unopened.
06:36Send them back unopened?
06:38I see.
06:39Well, thank you.
06:42Keep working.
06:55Whoa!
07:05Commissioner Gordon vouched for Detective Jones, and his records from Denver check out.
07:12Wow.
07:14But there's nothing before Denver, like he didn't exist.
07:18Hey!
07:20Okay, it is so my turn.
07:23This is so cool.
07:25I didn't know Wayne Industries made anything like this.
07:28We don't.
07:29And if Detective Jones is right, my company's been shipping things like this all over the world.
07:34Clearly, this is part of some alien conspiracy to mass produce these babies.
07:38Ship them all over the world where they await their signal to take over the human race!
07:50Whoa!
07:53New project, huh?
07:55What's it for?
07:57We'll keep an eye on Lucius.
07:59But I want to find out if Jones knows more than he's letting on about whatever's going on at Wayne Industries.
08:04Then let's pay the detective a visit.
08:06I'll pay him a visit. Alone.
08:19Whoa!
08:49Whoa!
09:17Batman!
09:18Don't bother. I know you're not human.
09:36I suppose this changes things.
09:38Not really.
09:41You're coming with me. I have some questions for you, detective.
09:49Huh?
09:55Humans. You act like you've never seen a shapeshifter before.
10:03Tell that to Clayface.
10:18He flies too. Great.
10:48Hmm? Let's see if you can keep up.
11:19Whoa!
11:20Whoa!
11:21Whoa!
11:22Whoa!
11:30Whoa!
11:31Whoa!
11:40Whoa!
11:48Whoa!
12:03I could dance all night.
12:06So can I.
12:07So it would seem. But why waste time? Who are you?
12:11My name is John Jones. I'm a detective. Just like you, Bruce.
12:17I'm one of the good guys.
12:24Thanks.
12:27So. Alien.
12:29All my life.
12:33Telekinesis. Neat party trick. How heavy can the object be?
12:37I could lift you and your best friend. That is, if you have one.
12:47You miss being back home on Mars?
12:49I never said I was Martian.
12:51Never had to. Martians hate fire.
12:54How do you know anything about Martians?
12:56I've dedicated my life to studying all fields of knowledge, no matter how obscure.
13:00Including thousands of years of recorded human encounters with extraterrestrials.
13:04The Mayans, ancient Egyptians, crop circles. I could teach a college course on Martians.
13:08Except I always filed them away under urban legends.
13:11Like alligators in the sewers?
13:13I fought them too. Why'd you run?
13:15You might have exposed me. Turned me over to the authorities. I can't allow that. Not now.
13:20Guess we both guard our secrets fiercely.
13:22Coffee?
13:23We're fine, thanks.
13:26So how'd you figure out Batman was Bruce Wayne?
13:29Read your mind.
13:30Hmm.
13:31Something wrong?
13:32No, it's just... that's cheating.
13:35Read my mind now.
13:36What?
13:37You heard me.
13:44You're thinking of a dog you owned as a boy?
13:47Location of the Batcave.
13:49I distinctly saw...
13:50A mental image I conjured up to block my real thoughts.
13:53Trick I picked up from some Tibetan monks.
13:55Anyone ever tell you you're a little paranoid?
13:58My partners, all the time.
13:59I'm stunned. You have partners?
14:02I do. Though sometimes I wonder if things might be easier without them.
14:06You may need all the help you can get with what's coming.
14:10And I've done my homework, Bruce. It is coming. Make no mistake.
14:14What is?
14:15Something big. Maybe too big for the Batman to handle alone.
14:19Why don't you just tell me what you know and let me decide what the Batman can handle alone?
14:23I'm not the only thing from outer space that's come to Gotham. But right now, I'm the only thing that can stop it.
14:28Stop what?
14:29Invasion. Alien invasion.
14:35The end of your world.
14:40Can I get you anything else?
15:00They're called the Joining.
15:02A synthetic alien race that's ravaged over half the galaxy.
15:06Like some plague of locusts, devouring and incorporating the technologies of every world they encounter.
15:12And they leave nothing in their wake but empty husks of planets.
15:16Synthetic race. The Joining are robots.
15:20Built by a long-forgotten race who became their first victims.
15:24And they feed off technology?
15:26Anything industrial, mechanical. They simply take it and use it. It becomes a part of them. It's how they evolve.
15:33That's why they were targeting Wayne Industries.
15:36You're responsible for developing some of the most advanced technologies on this world.
15:41By the way, nice car.
15:54Rang it with my mind.
15:58Batman.
15:59What? Is something wrong?
16:01I need to ask you some questions about those shipments.
16:04Who's this?
16:05This is Detective Jones. He's here to...
16:19I knew it was a replicant because I didn't get a reading off him. No emotions.
16:23So you kicked his head off?
16:25Yes. Perhaps I should have mentioned I was going to do that.
16:29Perhaps?
16:30This is part of the standard MO of the Joining.
16:33Seems pretty complicated.
16:35Not for them. They're a linked system. A network. Parts of one big machine, really.
16:40Like one huge robot, as big as a city.
16:43You know, Batman, most humans would be pretty thrown by this.
16:47I'm not most humans.
16:52If there's any chance that Lucius is still alive, we have to find him.
16:56Then let's ask someone who knows.
17:01Great danger.
17:05I can't believe this.
17:06Really? Because robot heads?
17:08That's totally what I'm expecting on a Wednesday.
17:10And this guy. Just some guy waltzing into the Batcave.
17:14Didn't have a blindfold on or anything.
17:16Robin, I think we should be focused on the robot head.
17:19Lucius is still alive.
17:21You're certain?
17:24If you're trying to nod, you need a neck.
17:27If you're trying to nod, you need a neck.
17:29He's alive. The real Lucius is being held at the Wayne Industries factory.
17:34We are using him for information.
17:36But soon, he will no longer be helpful.
17:39Lucius.
17:56Ready?
17:57Find Lucius, stop alien invasion, save world.
18:00Sounds easy enough.
18:03Lucius.
18:05Follow me.
18:08How about first one to Lucius wins?
18:15Fine time for him to leave us out of things.
18:17Robots. This is like the biggest case we've ever faced.
18:21Good robots too. That thing looks just like a real person.
18:25I know. Anyone we know could be a robot.
18:28That thing looks just like a real person.
18:30I know. Anyone we know could be a robot.
18:33Oh, it wouldn't fool us if we knew the person, would it?
18:36Maybe not. They'd probably be a little robot-y.
18:39Detached. Unemotional. Mechanical.
18:48Kick his head off. You kick his head off.
18:50Attempt to do any such thing, and I assure you,
18:53there will be no hot-buttered raisin scones for either of you for a year.
18:57Only Alfred sounds that much like Alfred.
19:00Yup.
19:01It knows we're here.
19:31Ow!
20:01Let's call it a tie.
20:31Lucius.
20:33I knew you'd come.
20:35What?
20:36He's with me, Lucius. We're getting you out of here.
20:39No, forget me. I'm not important. You don't have much time left.
20:55We're too late.
21:02Told you I could float to you and your best friend.
21:04Faster. We don't know how much longer these things are just going to sit here.
21:12It's begun.
21:32No!
21:41Where are they going?
21:42Anywhere. Everywhere that's vulnerable. Everywhere on Earth.
22:01THEME MUSIC