- Courtney Whitmore: Why would a villain kill another villain?
- Pat Dugan: Well, I mean, they're not exactly the most stable people to begin with.
- Pat Dugan: I think Joey's dad was a member of the Injustice Society. William Zarick. We called him the Wizard.
- Courtney Whitmore: Of course you did.
- Pat Dugan: I'm gonna need you to start the car when I say when, okay?
- Courtney Whitmore: Okay.
- Pat Dugan: [opening the hood] Okay, give it a try, Court.
- Courtney Whitmore: I thought you were going to say "when."
- Pat Dugan: [lowering the hood, with a sarcastic smile] When.
- Beth Chapel: Who are you?
- Charles McNider: You are hearing the voice of Dr. Charles McNider.
- Beth Chapel: Uh, okay. Why are you talking about yourself in the third person?
- Charles McNider: I am merely an A.I. of Dr. Charles McNider. But I can change my settings to speak in the first person if you'd like.
- Beth Chapel: Don't change a thing. You do you, Chuck.
- Rick Tyler: So, you think you're all superheroes, huh? So you're Stargirl. You're...
- Yolanda Montez: Wildcat.
- Rick Tyler: And she's...
- Yolanda Montez: [before Beth can say anything] Just borrowing those for the night.
- Rick Tyler: Right. So, what can this "magic" hourglass do?
- Beth Chapel: It's science. Your dad invented it. The hourglass gave your dad super-strength. For one hour a day.
- Rick Tyler: One hour? So the other 23 hours he was what, just some dude?
- Beth Chapel: He was a brilliant chemist! You know, that hourglass only worked for your dad. It was tied to his DNA.
- Rick Tyler: How do you turn it on?
- Beth Chapel: How do you use any hourglass? You turn it over.
- [as he puts it around his neck and turns it over, its powers surge through him]
- Rick Tyler: So, super-strength, huh?
- Courtney Whitmore: [he picks up and crumples a beer keg with ease] Uh... hey, you... you really shouldn't test out your powers in public. Our identities are...
- Beth Chapel: Protecting them is Superhero 101. And you need a costume. Technically, we all do. Since it's Halloween...
- Rick Tyler: I'm not wearing a stupid costume. You guys, do whatever you want. I'm doing my own thing.
- Stargirl: I can't let you keep that hourglass. Not when you're like this.
- Rick Tyler: Yeah? Try and take it.
- Beth Chapel: [approaching] Rick, wait! It wasn't an accident.
- Rick Tyler: What?
- Beth Chapel: Your parents were murdered.
- Rick Tyler: They crashed right here. They hit this tree and they...
- Beth Chapel: No.
- Charles McNider: The police report said a faulty tire that had been recalled blew out and caused the crash. But the recalled tires were never made for the make and model of vehicle they were driving.
- Beth Chapel: Dr. McNider says it wasn't the tree that killed them. He says he can... show us?
- [the goggles emit a holographic representation of what happened]
- Beth Chapel: They were here. But so was someone else. Or something? Chuck calls it Solomon Grundy.
- Courtney Whitmore: You can't just take the hourglass.
- Rick Tyler: Yes, I can. It was my dad's, right? Now it's mine. Later.
- Yolanda Montez: Congrats. You just made the biggest delinquent in school an unstoppable beast.
- Courtney Whitmore: I'm not giving up yet. We can still get through to him.
- Yolanda Montez: Seems like he's done listening. And how do we make him?
- Courtney Whitmore: We can't when we're dressed like this.
- Beth Chapel: [excited] Let's go suit up!
- Courtney Whitmore: Thanks, Beth, but we'll take it from here. Okay? Things could get really dangerous.
- Courtney Whitmore: Your dad's name was Rex Tyler.
- [showing him the Hourman hourglass again]
- Courtney Whitmore: He was Hourman.
- Rick Tyler: What the hell are you talking about?
- Cindy Burman: What are you wearing?
- Jenny Williams: I thought you'd like it if we matched.
- Cindy Burman: You're joking? You're basically me for Halloween, if I was shorter and fifteen pounds heavier. Ew.
- Jenny Williams: But...
- Cindy Burman: Change.
- Pat Dugan: This is the Harris residence, right?
- Matt Harris: Who are you?
- Pat Dugan: My name's Pat Dugan. Is, uh, Rick home?
- Matt Harris: What'd he do now?
- Pat Dugan: Oh, uh, he did nothing.
- Matt Harris: Yeah, nothing my ass. I got someone up here every other week 'cause of Rick, all right?
- Pat Dugan: So, um... I'm sorry, you're his, uh...
- Matt Harris: Dad.
- Pat Dugan: His dad. All right. So, anyhow, the Mustang...
- Matt Harris: What about it?
- Pat Dugan: It's a '66, right? It's a hell of a car. I bet you're both excited about fixing it up.
- Matt Harris: Why would I care about that piece of junk?
- Yolanda Montez: Oh, it's well known that talking is Beth Chapel's super-power.
- Beth Chapel: It's true.
- Rick Tyler: Where's my carburetor?
- Matt Harris: What?
- Rick Tyler: The carburetor I just got, where is it?
- Matt Harris: I sold that.
- Rick Tyler: You can't just sell it. It's mine.
- Matt Harris: Gas, electric, food, I mean... who do you think pays for all this? You will never understand what you cost me. If it wasn't for you...
- Rick Tyler: You'd be a Silicon Valley millionaire, instead of a Blue Valley dirtbag.
- Matt Harris: Well, come on. Take a swing. I'll put you on your ass again.
- Charles McNider: I am able to shift into various spectrums, including x-ray, infrared, and night vision.
- Beth Chapel: This is so bonkers.
- Courtney Whitmore: The goggles are just something my stepdad is working on.
- Beth Chapel: [seeing it registering as a lie] False. These were invented by Dr. Charles McNider after he lost his sight fighting the mob. They helped a blind man see. He put on a mask and became Dr. Mid-Nite. Later joining the Justice Society of America.
- Courtney Whitmore: Give me those right now.
- Beth Chapel: And I know that you're a superhero, too.
- Courtney Whitmore: What?
- Beth Chapel: I saw you last night at the hospital. Flying!
- Courtney Whitmore: That's crazy. And-and that wasn't me. And you shouldn't even be in my room right now. I don't even know you.
- Beth Chapel: Um... well... A, we eat lunch together every day, and B, last night at the hospital, I heard you call Yolanda by her real name.
- Charles McNider: That is a common rookie superhero mistake.
- Beth Chapel: Chuck says it's a common rookie superhero mistake. It got someone named the Red Bee killed.
- Empire Technician: They're hauling it tomorrow night.
- Steven Sharpe: The 056 broadcasting dish. Ooh.
- Empire Technician: The truck is taking Route 74, departs at 8:00.
- Steven Sharpe: Very good.
- Empire Technician: What about my payment?
- Steven Sharpe: Yes, of course.
- [offering a wad of cash from a money clip]
- Steven Sharpe: Well deserved, my boy. I hope this helps with those pesky alimony payments. Oh... and a tip.
- [flipping him a coin]
- Steven Sharpe: It's chocolate. Imported. From France.
- Wendi Tyler-Harris: I'm scared, Rex.
- Rex Tyler: They don't know about Rick. He'll be fine.
- [taking her hand]
- Rex Tyler: It's all that matters.
- Courtney Whitmore: What are you doing in my room?
- Beth Chapel: Oh, Chuck, tell me about her.
- Charles McNider: Courtney Elizabeth Whitmore. Permanent record includes the following infractions: talking back to teachers...
- Beth Chapel: These things are like Wikipedia on rocket fuel.
- Pat Dugan: [his car stalls] Dang it!
- Courtney Whitmore: What happened?
- Pat Dugan: I don't know.
- Courtney Whitmore: I thought you were a professional mechanic. Have you ever even fixed a car?
- Charles McNider: Good afternoon.
- Beth Chapel: Ah!
- Charles McNider: Do you require assistance?
- Beth Chapel: What?
- Charles McNider: To whom do I have the pleasure of speaking?
- Beth Chapel: I'm... Beth Chapel. Who are you?
- Charles McNider: Beth Chapel. Born May 15, 2004 at Omaha General Hospital to Dr. Bridget Chapel, currently a thoracic surgeon at the Blue Valley Medical Center, and James Michael Chapel, a salesman for The American Dream. Beth Chapel has a 4.4 weighted GPA, 4.0 unweighted.
- Beth Chapel: True.
- Charles McNider: She's the founder and only member of the Blue Valley High student teachers appreciation club.
- Beth Chapel: How do you know everything?
- Charles McNider: I don't know everything. But I can provide information on a vast library of subjects, which I have access to via the Justice Society databanks.
- Rick Tyler: Sounds like the alternator.
- Pat Dugan: Yeah, that's right. You know cars, or at least you got a good ear for 'em.
- Rick Tyler: I work on cars.
- Pat Dugan: Oh.
- Rick Tyler: Well, a car.
- Pat Dugan: What do you got going?
- Rick Tyler: '66 Mustang. Just need a carburetor, I'll get it up and running.
- Pat Dugan: '66 Mustang, that's a great ride.
- Rick Tyler: My dad had one.
- Pat Dugan: Really? You don't see 'em around that often. What color?
- Rick Tyler: Yellow.
- Pat Dugan: Huh.
- Wendi Tyler-Harris: Thank you so much for coming.
- Matt Harris: Well, I could barely find Blue Valley on a map. What the hell are you doing way out here? Hey, what'd you get my sister into this time, huh?
- Wendi Tyler-Harris: It wouldn't be safe if you knew.
- Rex Tyler: There's paperwork inside, Matt. We left this property in your name. All right? And Rick... it says Rick is your son. His name will be Rick Harris, not Rick Tyler.
- Matt Harris: How did I come from staying one night to now I'm raising your kid?
- Wendi Tyler-Harris: Matt, please. You are the only person we can trust.
- Rex Tyler: There's a suitcase under the bed, $50,000 inside.
- Matt Harris: $50,000?
- Wendi Tyler-Harris: Please do this for us. We'll be back soon. Matt.
- Matt Harris: I don't know how to take care of a kid.
- Wendi Tyler-Harris: Just do the best you can. Promise me, Matt.
- Rex Tyler: We gotta go.
- Rick Tyler: Why are you following me?
- Courtney Whitmore: I need to talk to you.
- [he moves to leave]
- Courtney Whitmore: Wait. I just need to show you something, okay? It's hard to explain, but...
- [holding out Hourman's hourglass]
- Courtney Whitmore: Look at this.
- Rick Tyler: It's an hourglass. So what?
- Courtney Whitmore: I-It was going crazy before.
- [holding it up to him, hoping something will happen]
- Courtney Whitmore: Something's wrong.
- Rick Tyler: Yeah, something's wrong.
- Courtney Whitmore: Yeah.
- Rick Tyler: You should stay on your meds.
- Courtney Whitmore: We have to ramp up our search, Yolanda. We can't take on the entire Injustice Society ourselves. Who can we ask?
- Yolanda Montez: What about Artemis Crock? She's the best athlete in the whole school.
- Courtney Whitmore: I thought about her, but she's too...
- [seeing Artemis tackle a football jock]
- Courtney Whitmore: ...competitive.
- Yolanda Montez: Okay, question. If the ISA is a bunch of murdering freaks, shouldn't we be looking beyond Blue Valley High?
- Courtney Whitmore: We can't trust adults. Anyone in Blue Valley could be a member of the Injustice Society.
- Pat Dugan: I'm starting to think you might be right. They could all be in Blue Valley. I just don't know why or who they could be.
- Courtney Whitmore: Did any of them play the violin?
- Pat Dugan: Yeah, the Fiddler.
- Courtney Whitmore: Brace yourself, Pat. I think Principal Bowin is the Fiddler.
- Pat Dugan: Yeah? First off, the Fiddler was a man. Second, he was Irish.
- Courtney Whitmore: Okay, well, I saw her playing the violin in like... a super evil-looking way.
- Pat Dugan: Where?
- Courtney Whitmore: At the hospital. In Brainwave's room.
- Pat Dugan: What? What were you doing there?
- Courtney Whitmore: I thought some of Brainwave's visitors could be ISA members, and sure enough, Principal Bowin was in his room, playing the violin. Why would she do that?
- Beth Chapel: So, you want to find Rick. Chuck tracked his phone from his house to a liquor store on Highway 4 to... Cindy Burman's house. There are 116 people at this location. 99.1% are minors. One adult. Number of underage drinking infractions: 80.
- Yolanda Montez: Okay, narc. I'm going home. This is a bad idea.
- Courtney Whitmore: Don't go, Yolanda. This is a huge deal. Rick's like me. His dad was a member of the JSA. He's a legacy! The... this is beyond exciting!
- Yolanda Montez: [seeing Henry King, Jr inside] Okay. Well, I'm not going in there.
- Courtney Whitmore: I'll go find Rick.
- Stargirl: We just wanna talk.
- Rick Tyler: Look, I'm not playing fairy princess tea time with you two.
- Stargirl: I understand.
- Rick Tyler: What do you understand? My parents hit a tree and they died. What grand plan of God's was that?
- Wildcat: It wasn't God's plan, Rick. It was an accident.
- Rick Tyler: Then who do I blame, huh? Do you know what it's like to be so filled up with anger that you feel like you're poisoning yourself? Do you? I want to hit something, anything, all of the time. Every second. You think I like that? I hate feeling this way.
- Stargirl: My dad was a member of the Justice Society, too. He was Starman. And... even though I only met him a few times, I feel cheated. He was killed before I even got to know him. But now I get to keep his legacy alive. And you can, too. You can be a hero like your dad. Hourman. It's your choice.
- Rick Tyler: My choice?
- [in a fit of anger, he punches the tree where his parents crashed, which then topples over]
- Rick Tyler: When have I ever had a choice? Be a hero like my dad? My dad's dead.
- Charles McNider: You've been stationary for quite some time. Do you need directions home?
- Beth Chapel: No, Chuck. I'd go home, but no one's there. Mom's working a double shift. Dad's out of town on a business trip. They don't have much time for me anymore. Now that I'm older...
- [parroting]
- Beth Chapel: "They wanna get back to their lives!" But still... you know, I get why Rick's so mad all the time. Losing his parents like that... I can't imagine what I'd do if mine were in some kind of accident.
- Charles McNider: Accident?
- Beth Chapel: [her goggles activate] What?
- [watching]
- Beth Chapel: Oh, my god!
- Yolanda Montez: When you called and said you'd found a new recruit, I wasn't exactly expecting Beth Chapel. Why'd you choose her to be the new Captain Midnight?
- Courtney Whitmore: Dr. Mid-Nite. I didn't choose her. She just found the goggles and got them working. And she hasn't stopped talking ever since.
- Stargirl: Your parents... I'm betting they were killed by the same people that killed my dad.
- Rick Tyler: Who?
- Stargirl: I don't know yet. But whoever they are, they're in Blue Valley. They're the reason I'm putting together this new team. To get justice. For my dad. For yours. For all of the JSA.
- Rick Tyler: I'll do it. But I don't want justice, Courtney. I want revenge.
- Beth Chapel: What were you doing in West Farms?
- Courtney Whitmore: What?
- Beth Chapel: The dirt on your shoes, they have... farm fertilizer in them.
- Courtney Whitmore: Ew. Don't change the subject.
- Beth Chapel: Rick Harris is the only kid I know who lives way out in West Farms. I mean... that's what he calls himself.
- Courtney Whitmore: What do you mean?
- Beth Chapel: Rick Harris' real name is Rick Tyler. And Rick's dad's real name is Rex Tyler.
- Courtney Whitmore: What? Rex Tyler... he was a superhero.
- Beth Chapel: Rick's dad was a superhero?
- Courtney Whitmore: Rick's dad was Hourman.