PILOT BATMAN Written by Lee Cordner

Season One, Episode One

FADE IN: EXT. GOTHAM CITY SKYLINE -- NIGHT The city is covered in mist. Darkened streets play home to gang members and the homeless. Police sirens sound as the sounds of the city emerge under the darkness. VICKI VALE (O.S.) (Finishing statement) Henrietta Brockstead, twenty-nine was found just three hours ago, here in the alleyway behind the theatre in downtown Gotham. Police have identified the killer as known criminal and wanted fugitive, The Joker. Who is thought to be in hiding. EXT. THEATRE ALLEYWAY -- CONTINUOUS Reporters are all over the place. James Gordon, not yet commissioner watches as Henriettas body is loaded into a coroners van. He adjusts his glasses and feels the rain pouring from the sky, putting his hood over his head. OFF SCREEN: Phone rings... Gordon takes his phone out of his pocket. He sees the caller I.D. as Unknown Caller #1 and walks further back into the alleyway as the phone continues to win. JAMES GORDON I told you not to call me when Im on scene, its dangerous - for the both of us. You dont know whos watching. DARK VOICE (O.S.) Is it him? JAMES GORDON Its him alright. Same markings on the victims body, same sadistic painted on clown face. Its Joker. DARK VOICE (O.S.) Clear your men out, I need to track him. Gordon nods to an officer who walks past him.

2. JAMES GORDON (Whisper) Thats a little easier said than done. DARK VOICE (O.S.) Figure something out. Phone goes dead. JAMES GORDON God damn it. Gordon walks over to his chief and taps him on the shoulder. JAMES GORDON (CONTD) Just got word from a source down in the Narrows. Say theyve got Joker pinned down in a warehouse. CHIEF WALKER Youre sure of this? JAMES GORDON (Lies) Never been wrong yet. CHIEF WALKER Lets get there then. The police clear out. Most of the reporters clear out. A few moments pass and then out of nowhere, a huge shadowy figure drops down from the sky in front of the moon in the shape of a giant bat and lands on the ground near the chalk outline. This is Batman. Batmans eye slits turn blue suddenly, he starts scanning the area. LIGHTNING STRIKES. A van quickly comes around the corner. Side door slides open and two masked thugs emerge with assault rifles. A man in a purple suit steps out of the truck with a sadistic smile on his clown-like face.

3. BATMAN Joker. The clown reveals himself to be... A dead man, who falls limp to the ground wearing the same suit Joker wears. The two men open fire on Batman who quickly leaps behind two large industrial sized waste bins. The thugs laugh and continue firing. Batman reaches to his belt and pulls off two SILVER BATERANGS. He throws both of them at the thugs, one strikes the thug in the head and the thug falls to the ground. The other thug is shocked, Batman uses his batclaw to take the remaining thug off his feet. The van drives off quickly, screeching its tires along the asphalt. BATMAN (CONTD) Where is he? Batman removes THUG #1s mask. THUG #1 Please, we... he said if we didnt do this hed kill us. BATMAN Where is he? Tell Me! THUG #1 I dont know, please... I. The Thug is shot in the head, the other thug is then shot in the head and both of the men lie dead on the ground. Batman turns around just in time to receive- BULLET TO THE CHEST. Batman falls back to the ground in a puddle. Unconscious, but alive. CLOSE ON: Batman... SMASH TO BLACK: SUPER: GOTHAM: THE DARK KNIGHT SUPER EP: Pilot

4. FADE IN: INT. BOARD ROOM -- DAY CRAWL ACROSS BOTTOM OF SCREEN: Two Months ago... Bruce Wayne stands ahead of the board of directors holding a switch in his hand. He clicks the button and the screen behind him shows flowcharts of Wayne Enterprises stock over the last 8 years. 2003 54% 2004 67% 2005 69% 2006 73% 2007 83% 2008 75% 2009 89% 2010 92%

The board members: 60 year old man with greying hair. DANIEL BRADBERY 39 year old woman with blonde hair. MELISSA PORTER 44 year old man with black hair. ALAN JACKSON 72 year old man with receding grey hair. CHARLES TAYLOR 50 year old woman with black hair. PAULINE ALONSO 28 year old man with blonde hair. DAVID HUTCH BRUCE WAYNE ...so as you can see, our stock has nearly doubled in the last eight years to a point in which the company is worth over five billion more than it was when Ronald stepped down in two-thousand and three. DANIEL BRADBERY (Sniggers) And you want to give fifty million to the Narrows in order for them to build homes? Its absurd. ALAN JACKSON Not only is the place filled with mindless junkies hopped up on the latest must-have, but its a part of the city even the mayor deems Beyond Redeemable. BRUCE WAYNE Look, I know the Narrows has its problems but who are we to decide how they live?

5. DAVID HUTCH Im with them on this, Bruce. Its nuts. Not only is that place a cesspool of degenerate lowlifes but its the capitol of the drug trade and wed be shot for our wallets if we stepped foot there. BRUCE WAYNE We could save countless lives by making this investmentDANIEL BRADBERY We could also shorten ours. Bruce sighs and sits down. OFF SCREEN: Knock on the door... Lucius Fox enters. LUCIUS FOX Could I borrow you for a moment, Bruce? DANIEL BRADBERY And hows the research department faring these days Mr Fox? LUCIUS FOX Were doing just fine, Daniel. Bruce gets up and follows Lucius out of the room. They close the door behind them. INT. HALLWAY 1-A -- CONTINUOUS Lucius and Bruce walk to a corner. BRUCE WAYNE Its a tough crowd in there. LUCIUS FOX Still trying to push the Narrows to their attention? BRUCE WAYNE Theyre not biting.

6. LUCIUS FOX I have that thing you wanted. Lucius hands Bruce a small round box. Bruce opens it, revealing a small round device. Bruce checks it out. LUCIUS FOX (CONTD) Works on the frequency you wanted. Should have them ready by weeks end. BRUCE WAYNE Nice one. Thisll put Globaltechs ear pieces on the shelf for good. Bluetooth? LUCIUS FOX Yep, and it can connect with a mobile phone from up to two hundred miles. BRUCE WAYNE (Smiles) Thanks, Lucius. Bruce puts the earpiece in the box and hands it back to Lucius. He claps him on the shoulder and turns back to the room. BRUCE WAYNE (CONTD) ...oh, we still on for Saturday? LUCIUS FOX Jennies flying this Friday. BRUCE WAYNE Good, Ill see you. Bruce walks back into the board room. Lucius walks down the stairs. INT. BOARD ROOM -- CONTINUOUS Bruce sees that the men are joking with one another, but they stop laughing as Bruce enters. DANIEL BRADBERY Problems?

7. BRUCE WAYNE No. Everythings fine. MELISSA PORTER So what youre saying is, we could help the homeless by investing fiftymillion into developing the Narrows? BRUCE WAYNE Precisely, its worth a shot. CHARLES TAYLOR Im sorry Bruce, but this is not going to work. The Narrows is beyond help and even if we threw in one-hundred million we still couldnt save it. It was a nice thought, but one that wasnt thought out enough. BRUCE WAYNE My father planned this, before he died. He said if we could help one person, we could help thousands. Youre willing to let everything he worked go for nothing? You wont even give it a shot? DAVID HUTCH Your father was blind, Bruce. He didnt know what he was planning, heck, he didnt even share those files he had been working on, kept them locked away in some vault somewhere. Weve made our call. BRUCE WAYNE If it werent for my father, this place wouldnt exist. He poured his life into this company, and then some. So dont sit there, on that huge salary of yours and say that the people of the Narrows dont deserve a chance at living a normal life. DAVID HUTCH What does my salary have to do with anything? Bruce sniggers.

8. BRUCE WAYNE How much do you make in one fiscal year? Four million? Im asking for fifty million dollars, so we can give the people in the Narrows a chance. Its not much, especially when you look at how much weve made in the past eight years. PAULINE ALONSO Lets vote on the development of the Narrows. (Beat) Those for. Pauline and Melissa raise their hands. PAULINE ALONSO (CONTD) Those against. The four men raise their hands. PAULINE ALONSO (CONTD) Motion defeated. Im sorry Bruce. Bruce sits down and sighs, annoyed. The men pick up their things, three of them leave but David stays behind. The women leave. DAVID HUTCH Sorry, buddy. But I guess the board has spoken, maybe next time, huh? David winks and smiles, sarcastically as he approaches the door. Bruce laughs. David turns back. DAVID HUTCH (CONTD) Whats so funny? BRUCE WAYNE You and your goddamn moral high ground. You think youre better than everyone else, but youre just a little weasel whose time here is running out. Bruce stands up, David looks angry.

9. DAVID HUTCH (Smiles) Youre wrong. BRUCE WAYNE Am I? DAVID HUTCH I dont think Im better than everyone else, I know I am. David leaves. Bruce stands there for a few moments. OFF SCREEN: Sirens sound... Bruce sees the rain outside, it hits the glass. He takes his coat off the coat rack and walks out of the office. FADE TO: EXT. WAYNE ENTERPRISES -- DAY Rain pours from the sky. Alfred Pennyworth is stands by a black car with an umbrella over him. Bruce runs out of the building with a briefcase over his head. ALFRED Master Wayne. BRUCE WAYNE Alfred. Bruce gets into the car, Alfred gets into the car. INT. CAR -- CONTINUOUS Alfred rolls down the window as he sits in the drivers seat. Bruce pours out some whiskey into a glass. ALFRED Where to Master Wayne? BRUCE WAYNE Take us home, Alfred. Ive some things I need to take care of.

10. EXT. WAYNE ENTERPRISES -- CONTINUOUS People walk by the building with raincoats and umbrellas. The black car turns the corner and drives down the street. CUT TO: INT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT A crimson red car with paint splatters all over it drives into the warehouse where goons and thugs are partying. Fires in barrels, women dancing on poles. The place is a mess. Door opens on car, a dark pair of purple clown shoes step onto the ground and a shadowed man appears. He takes off his purple hat, revealing dark green hair and a clown face. The Joker. A thug walks over to Joker, he hands him a piece of paper. JOKER THUG We got her, sir. Just as you asked. Joker takes the paper from him, and walks to a side room. INT. SIDE ROOM -- CONTINUOUS Joker opens the door and steps inside. He places his hat on a grimy old mattress and walks over to a woman, who is cuffed to a chair with a blindfold over her eyes and a gag in her mouth. He takes the gag out and removes the blindfold, but before he can remove the blindfold fully the JOKER THUG walks in. JOKER THUG Sir, weJoker shoots the thug whose blood splatters against the wooden door to the sounds of cheering. The body is dragged out of the room, and the blindfold is removed as the door is closed. EMMA WILSON (43) a tired woman with brown hair and green eyes looks up in fear at Joker, who smiles away.

11. EMMA WILSON Who... Where am I? Joker pulls out a Swiss army knife, she cringes. He then pulls out the corkscrew and opens a bottle of expensive wine with dried blood on the glass. He pours out two glasses of wine, then reveals the knife. He runs the knife down her left arm, and then cuts through the plastic cuff and hands her the wine glass. He takes a wine glass up and takes a sip. THE JOKER Ugh... thats... yuck. Joker puts the glass back on the table, the rim is covered in his dark red lipstick. EMMA WILSON What do you want with me? THE JOKER I want to play a game... EMMA WILSON What game? THE JOKER Do you know how I got these scars? Emma is terrified. Joker quickly zooms back over to her, he looks her in the eyes. Hes quite a wacky character, very strange. Scars in a crescent shape like a smile up his cheeks. EMMA WILSON Please! Dont! THE JOKER Why so serious?! Joker gets close to her face, seemingly smelling her. He sniffs her hair. Joker laughs.

12. THE JOKER (CONTD) What oh what is that pleasant smell? Joker sniffs her hair again. THE JOKER (CONTD) Violet, with a hint of strawberry. (Sniffs) Youre not very... loquacious. EMMA WILSON What do you want with me? THE JOKER Err... Well, I wanted to meet you. EMMA WILSON Why? THE JOKER Why, why, why... wine, wine, wine. You remind me of my mother. Shes the one who gave me these scars, said I didnt smile enough. Ha! Now whos smiling? EMMA WILSON What do you want?! THE JOKER (Laughs) Youre going to help me. EMMA WILSON Why would I help you? Youre sick! THE JOKER No... Im healthy, but my mind is - well unhinged. I need something from you, you want to get out of this mess. Im sure we can come to an arrangement. No? EMMA WILSON What do you want? Joker smiles.

13. THE JOKER Your help to get into the bank vault so I can steal - no - borrow a security box with some very, secret documents enclosed. (Sincere) Ill bring it right back. Joker starts bobbing his head. He checks his watch. THE JOKER (CONTD) Times running out. Michael will be getting out of scouts soon, might want to be there when he does. Tick-Toc goes the clock... Tick-Toc. EMMA WILSON Okay! THE JOKER Good. But dont go to the police, Im not too fond of them and their loud sirens. EMMA WILSON I wont. But please, dont hurt my son. THE JOKER (Smiles) What makes you think I would? (Laughs) Now... we dance. Joker runs over to the radio and puts on a classic station, he then runs back to her, cuts the other plastic cuff and pulls her to her feet. She unwillingly dances with him, her feet drag across the ground as Joker hums the music with a great big smile on his face. CUT TO: INT. WAYNES STUDY -- NIGHT Bruce is sitting at his desk in the study. Bookshelves filled with books all around him. Hes on the computer. Bruce takes a sip of coffee from a mug and puts it back on a coaster, coffee drips onto the pine desk, he doesnt notice.

14. Bruce checks the files on his computer, he comes across one named Advancements. He double clicks, but a message pops up on screen reading Please enter password. Bruce sits back in his chair and wonders. The screen shows a username & password box. USERNAME: Thomas Wayne PASSWORD: Bruce thinks about what the password might be. Bruce enters BRUCE and it says Invalid password, please try again. Bruce takes another sip of coffee and looks around the room for clues. He sees a portrait of his younger self (8 yrs old) along with his parents. Bruce enters MARTHA. But it says Invalid password, please try again. Bruce sighs with annoyance. He doesnt know the password. BRUCE WAYNE What exactly are you hiding? OFF SCREEN: Tray is dropped... Bruce walks over to the double doors and opens them. Revealing Alfred cleaning up the mess hes just made. ALFRED Forgive me sir, my hands arent as stable as they used to be. INT. UPPER HALLWAY -- CONTINUOUS BRUCE WAYNE You do too much, let me get this. ALFRED I am your butler sir, its my job. BRUCE WAYNE Youve been looking after me for twenty years, youve done enough. You should take some time off, go visit the family.

15. ALFRED And then who would look after you? Alfred smiles as Bruce picks up the mess. ALFRED (CONTD) I must say, you seem awfully distracted. Something on your mind, sir? BRUCE WAYNE A locked file on the computer. Mustve come over when I switched out the drives from the old one a few years back. Didnt realise what was on there until now. ALFRED (Realises) Your fathers secret project. BRUCE WAYNE What do you know about it? ALFRED Not much, though he did spend a lot of time in the aquarium. BRUCE WAYNE We dont have any fish. ALFRED Thats what I said, but he kept going down there. Taking boxes, supplies. Bruce smiles. FADE TO: INT. AQUARIUM -- MOMENTS LATER Bruce enters the aquarium. Theres a large tank, but no fish. The boxes Alfred was talking about are nowhere to be seen. But theres a statue of Thomas Wayne on the western wall. Bruce reads the statue engraving.

16. BRUCE WAYNE (Reading) Thomas Wayne, for all of your hard work and dedication. Jack Richards. (Beat) The Mayor? Bruce runs his hand over a circular cut in the bronze, its shaped like a key could be fit into it. Bruce then reaches into the top of his shirt and pulls out a necklace with the exact same design as the keyhole. He takes the necklace off, places the emblem into the keyhole and turns it clockwise. OFF SCREEN: Cracking, screeching... Bruce steps back as the statue slowly goes into the ground. It reveals a doorway which cracks and splinters wood, revealing a darkly lit cobwebbed passage. Theres a bronze torch on a holder on the wall, Bruce takes it. INT. DARK PASSAGEWAY -- MOMENTS LATER Bruces torch lights up the passageway as he walks down the stairs. Metal stairs. He continues until he comes to a right turn, he turns right and continues down the passage. INT. THOMAS LABORATORY -- MOMENTS LATER Bruce enters the laboratory his father kept. As he steps through a metal archway the place literally comes alive with lights, everything powers on. Half a dozen monitors all wired up to a single computer. WOMANS VOICE (O.S.) Welcome Thomas. Bruce is shocked, he doesnt know what hes seeing. Theres a large canvas over some sort of vehicle. He pulls it back, revealing a half-finished TANK. No cover, just the chassis and wheels, its quite extravagant. Similar to a car, yet modelled after a tank. Bruce looks around further.

17. WOMANS VOICE (O.S.) According to my data, it has been twenty two years, five months, fourteen days and sixteen hours since you last entered the lab. Is everything all right? BRUCE WAYNE My fathers dead. WOMANS VOICE (O.S.) Bruce, is that you? BRUCE WAYNE Yes, and who are you? WOMANS VOICE (O.S.) I am an artificial intelligence system engineered to catalogue your fathers research. Created for calibrations. BRUCE WAYNE What did he call you? Silence for a moment and then... WOMANS VOICE (O.S.) Callie. BRUCE WAYNE What is this place, Callie? CALLIE (O.S.) This is your fathers laboratory, here he designed many things. Most of which you will not understand. BRUCE WAYNE (Points at car) Whats that? CALLIE (O.S.) Its is a specialized UPV. BRUCE WAYNE An urban pacification vehicle. Whats it for exactly?

18. CALLIE (O.S.) It was being designed for the mayor of Gotham City to assist the police with containing incidents. It is an unmanned vehicle, it runs off an advanced CPU module and adapts over time. BRUCE WAYNE My father designed it? CALLIE (O.S.) Yes, and the armour. BRUCE WAYNE Armour? A large silver cylinder appears out of the ground. It opens to reveal the BATSUIT prototype. No symbol, no bat ears on the mask. Its black, with a rod hooked onto the black utility belt and several crescent shaped boomerangs. CALLIE (O.S.) Your father designed it. It was originally intended to be the riot uniform for police. But it was never finished. Its light, yet bulletproof. Thick rubber over light titanium. BRUCE WAYNE Is this why he got killed? CALLIE (O.S.) I am unable to say, I was not informed. BRUCE WAYNE Of course not. Bring up the specifications on the suit, the tank and... everything. CALLIE (O.S.) Not a problem. The screens start showing dozens upon dozens of folders, files, specifications, everything Thomas was working on. Bruce opens up a wooden crate, revealing the BATHOOK. He takes it out, and it wraps itself around his wrist automatically and fits to size.

19. Bruce aims the hook to a higher point, he shoots the hook and it attaches itself to a girder, Bruce presses the red button on the side and the hook detaches itself and returns to his wrist. BRUCE WAYNE Cool. CALLIE (O.S.) Loading complete, all files now located on desktop. May I suggest one? Bruce puts the BATHOOK back into the crate and turns to the screens. BRUCE WAYNE Go ahead. CALLIE (O.S.) Very well, sir. Callie selects Detective Insight and the file opens, showing a revolving mask where two blue eye slits sit. CALLIE (O.S.) Please equip the mask. Bruce takes the mask from the cylinder, he puts it on. He can see normally until- blue visors come down and he can then see DNA from his father all around the room. BRUCE WAYNE Whoa. CALLIE (O.S.) Your father was quite proud of this. He suggested that it could be used by crime scene investigators to uncover DNA that could lead the police to apprehending the suspect. Some specifications must be made though, so it may focus on the specific DNA of the one responsible. Bruce takes the mask off. He walks up to the monitors.

20. BRUCE WAYNE What else is there? CALLIE (O.S.) Take a seat. Bruce sits down as Callie begins to show him everything on the monitors. He smiles. CUT TO: INT. GOTHAM POLICE STATION LOBBY -- NIGHT Telephones are ringing, cops are all over the place doing all kinds of things. James Jim Gordon walks down a row of tables towards police commissioner/chief Brian Walkers office. He opens the door and walks in. INT. COMMISSIONER WALKERS OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS Gordon takes a seat and picks up a file. Walker is sitting in his revolving office chair staring out of the window squeezing a stress ball. His office is neat and tidy, filing cabinets on the western wall, his framed accomplishments on the western wall. A U.S. flagpole (Short version) sitting near the window with a U.S. flag billowing in the breeze from the open window. SOUNDS OF THE CITY. SIRENS. HORNS BEEPING. JAMES GORDON What is this? CHIEF WALKER Threats, specifically to you and your immediate family. JAMES GORDON From who? CHIEF WALKER The man with the smile. The Joker.

21. JAMES GORDON I have to get my wife and daughterCHIEF WALKER Theres no need, a units over at your place now. Theyre safe, Barb is doing her homework, James is playing that videogame of his and Barbara is cooking dinner. Meat loaf, I was told. JAMES GORDON Youre sure? CHIEF WALKER Theres really no need to panic, Jim. James looks over the threats. Most of them are written in bad handwriting but some of them are NEWSPAPER WORD CUTOUTS. ONE THREAT READS: Boom Goes The Detective! JAMES GORDON Any news on Emma Wilson yet? CHIEF WALKER Were combing the city with a fine-tooth comb, yet weve picked up nothing. Its times like this I wish - Never mind. Walker walks over to the counter, he pours out two glasses of whiskey and sits one down near Gordon, who sneers at it. Walker takes a sip, and sits back in his chair. CHIEF WALKER (CONTD) Thats not the real reason I called you in here. But understand that when Joker makes a threat, he usually goes through with it. As I understand, youre responsible for finding the Wayne boy all those years ago. True? JAMES GORDON Yes. He was clutching onto his mother. Took five officers to peel him away. Walker nods and grunts.

22. JAMES GORDON (CONTD) So why did you call me in here? CHIEF WALKER Ever heard of Jack Napier? Gordon shakes his head. Walker pushes a file over, it shows Jack Napier before he became Joker. Black hair, frowning with no smile. Around the age of 21. Hes now 43. CHIEF WALKER (CONTD) His partner Joe Chill was recently apprehended in the Narrows after we received a call from Jack Napier himself. JAMES GORDON So - what? CHIEF WALKER The call came from a warehouse in the lower part of downtown Gotham last night. When we got there we found sufficient evidence that links Chill to the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. (Beat) And this. Walker slides over a green handkerchief, Gordon opens it, revealing a smiley face painted on in Jokers colours. JAMES GORDON Joker? CHIEF WALKER It seems as though Joker wasnt always a screwed up freak. He was once a petty lowlife thug who robbed people in dark alleyways and left their children alive so they could live knowing they couldnt do anything. We believe Bruce Wayne, the son of Thomas and Martha, knows who Joker is. We want you to bring him in. JAMES GORDON Youre kidding right?

23. CHIEF WALKER No. If Wayne can identify Napier as Joker then we have all the evidence we need in order to send him away, for a long time. JAMES GORDON Not only is it morally wrong, but its sadistic. That man went through years of therapy to overcome what he saw, we cant do that to him. CHIEF WALKER The boy is scarred, no doubt. But we need him to help us. JAMES GORDON And you want me to do it because he trusts me? CHIEF WALKER Precisely. James sighs and nods hesitantly. Walker smiles. Gordon walks out of the office. FADE TO: EXT. WAYNE MANOR -- DAY A blue car drives up to Wayne Manor. It parks, James Gordon steps out of the car and adjusts his glasses and coat before walking up the steps and ringing the doorbell. Alfred opens the door. ALFRED Detective Gordon, a pleasure as always. JAMES GORDON Is Bruce in? ALFRED Hes rather tied up at the moment. Hes been working on his project all night, perhaps another time?

24. JAMES GORDON Its rather important, could you get him? I need to speak with him. ALFRED Ill see if hes available. James walks into Wayne Manor. INT. THOMAS LABORATORY -- CONTINUOUS OFF SCREEN: Bang! Bruce picks himself up off the ground as he staggers backwards into the wall. He shakes the cobwebs out of his head. On the floor, sits the a gun which is smoking. Theres burnt plastic all over the place, and the wall has a burn mark on it from where something blew up. CALLIE (O.S.) ...as I said, theres some alterations that need to be made to the blast radius. BRUCE WAYNE (Coughs) Ill remember that. Bruce picks up the gun on the ground, its got quite a small barrel. He places it on the counter and next to it sits a box with 11 rounded Hockey-Puck like bullets. Sticky Grenades. OFF SCREEN: Knocking... ALFRED (O.S.) Master Bruce? Are you in there? BRUCE WAYNE What is it Alfred!? ALFRED (O.S.) Detective Gordon is here to see you. He says its important. BRUCE WAYNE Ill be right up.

25. Bruce dusts himself off. Turns to Callie. BRUCE WAYNE (CONTD) How do I look? CALLIE (O.S.) Just like your father. BRUCE WAYNE Is that good or bad? INT. WAYNE MANOR LOBBY -- MOMENTS LATER Gordon is sitting on one of the lobby couchs with a file in his hand. Alfred comes along with a tray with two mugs on it and a kettle. He pours out a cup of coffee, and then dips the spoon into the sugar bowl. ALFRED It was two sugars, wasnt it? JAMES GORDON Yes, thanks. Bruce walks out of the aquarium. He heads straight for Gordon who stands up, the two shake hands respectfully. BRUCE WAYNE Its good to see you again, Jim. JAMES GORDON Pleasures all mine, Bruce. BRUCE WAYNE Alfred said it was important? JAMES GORDON (Discreet) Yes err - could we go somewhere private? BRUCE WAYNE You know I keep no secrets from, Alfred, just say it. JAMES GORDON Very well.

26. Bruce and Gordon sit down. Gordon opens the file and shows Bruce a picture of Jack Napier. Bruce takes the picture and looks at it convincingly with anger in his eyes. BRUCE WAYNE What the hell is this? JAMES GORDON His name is Jack Napier, he was a lowlife thug. His partner turned up in the Narrows two nights ago, one by the name of Joe Chill, who was present the night of your parents murder. We believe hes still about, going under another name. An alias. BRUCE WAYNE Why are you showing me this? JAMES GORDON Was he there when your parents died? BRUCE WAYNE They didnt die they were killed in cold blood by a man with a gun. I told you, twenty years ago, that it was dark. I gave you a description, but I cant be sure. JAMES GORDON I know this must be hard, but try to focus. Is this man the one who killed them? Bruce looks at the picture unwillingly. He gazes upon Napier, piercing a hole through the picture with his gaze. He wants to kill him. But he shakes his head. BRUCE WAYNE It was dark, I cant be sure. JAMES GORDON Im sorry I brought this to your attention but know that were looking for Napier. We will find him, you have my word.

27. BRUCE WAYNE Hes still out there? You havent caught him yet? Why are you here if you havent caught him? JAMES GORDON (Sighs, reveals) Hes not exactly the type of man you can apprehend easily. He surrounds himself with hired help, help that sometimes ends up in the river with a bullet hole in their head. BRUCE WAYNE You mean the Joker? Gordon nods and takes the picture back from Bruce. He puts it back into the folder and stands up. JAMES GORDON Well get him, you have my word. BRUCE WAYNE All this time, and you didnt even know? How could you not know? JAMES GORDON We had no record of Jack Napier before. His body was recovered twenty years ago, the night of your parents death, or so we thought. Turns out, Napiers alive. BRUCE WAYNE Do you have any leads? JAMES GORDON Were looking into it. BRUCE WAYNE (Clears throat) Well let me know, be careful, Gordon. JAMES GORDON And you, Bruce.

28. Gordon leaves Wayne Manor. Alfred looks on, shocked. ALFRED Are you okay sir? BRUCE WAYNE (Lying) Im fine, Alfred. FADE TO: EXT. GOTHAM BANK -- DAY A van pulls up beside Gotham Bank, Emma Wilson steps out of the drivers side looking extremely normal, yet shivering. Joker gets close to her ear, no ones about. THE JOKER Remember, anyone realises, you go boom! EMMA WILSON Okay. Joker gets back into the van. Emma walks to the bank. Two more men in business suits follow her in, big beefy men. INT. GOTHAM BANK -- CONTINUOUS Emma walks up to the front desk. An African-American woman is standing behind the desk, lets call her Amber. AMBER And where have you been? Ive been waiting for two hours to go home. EMMA WILSON Sorry, I got caught up in traffic. AMBER (To Two men) And who are they? EMMA WILSON Associates of Charles Taylor, here to make a withdrawal.

29. AMBER Do you have the password? The two men look at one another. Emma cringes, four more men are scattered around the bank. They all pull out guns, so do the two men. THUG #1 Put your hands up! Thugs start shooting wildly into the air. The guards try to call for backup but are shot, one is shot and gets carried through a window into an office. The thugs spread out through the bank asJOKER ENTERS! He quickly walks up to Emma and laughs as he looks at Amber. THE JOKER Well that didnt go according to plan. EMMA WILSON Please IJoker pulls out the detonator, Amber drops behind the desk. Joker looks at two of his men, they nod back to him. THE JOKER Lets go for a walk on the rich side. Joker and Emma walk towards the vault. INT. VAULT -- CONTINUOUS The vault guard has his gun out and hes aiming as- BLAM! A shot through the wood hits him in the chest and he falls to the ground, dead. Joker and Emma enter. THE JOKER Now which one is Charles? Emma cringes, she knows shes going to die.

30. Joker holds the trigger to the bomb under her shirt close to her face, then grabs her hand and puts the detonator in it. THE JOKER (CONTD) Dont drop the stick, or youll be - well - rearranged. Joker walks around the vault, prancing and laughing like a crazy person. He looks at the lockbox reading 3455 and smiles. He places a smiley face on blue-tack with wires and such attached to it, he then steps back and pulls out a long detonator device with a flower on the top. He smiles. THE JOKER (CONTD) Fire in the hole! Joker presses the button. The lockbox explodes open, Joker runs over to it and pulls out a small metal box. He opens it, revealing a small piece of seemingly worthless paper. THE JOKER (CONTD) Aw, how cute. He walks back over to Emma and shakes the paper in front of her face. He then hits presses the BIG RED BUTTON on the detonator in her hand and it begins counting down from 1:00. EMMA WILSON Oh god! THE JOKER Id love to stay, but you seem to have your hands full. Adios senorita ! Joker leaves, laughing hysterically. INT. GOTHAM BANK -- CONTINUOUS Joker runs through the crowd, leaps onto the reception desk. THE JOKER Leeches and Germs, I bid you farewell. May you have a pleasant day, and remember Never trust a man just because he smiles.

31. Joker laughs and leaps from the desk onto the ground and runs for the door. He leaves the bank, along with his men. EXT. GOTHAM -- CONTINUOUS The van drives off as everyone enters. Then THE ALARM SOUNDS. But the van turns around the corner and drives off. INT. VAULT -- CONTINUOUS Emma drops to her knees crying, the timer HITS ZERO! And the bomb detonates, but it doesnt kill her. Instead, green gas billows out from under her shirt, and the Jokers recorded laugh sounds. Emma laughs. Its laughing gas. CUT TO: INT. THOMAS LABORATORY -- AFTERNOON Bruce is sitting in the chair looking at the monitor as he browses the internet for Jack Napier. It comes up with 1 result. Bruce clicks it open and the site shows Napiers parents, laid out on slabs in the mortuary with painted on clown faces with big smiles. HEADLINE READS: Husband and Wife found dead in home. Bruce reads through the story. Bruce then thousands. result. He heist from types in Joker and the results flare up into the He sees Joker: A Laughing Matter as the top clicks it, and the page opens to show the Bank earlier in the day.

BRUCE WAYNE Callie, turn on the news. CALLIE (O.S.) As you wish. The six monitors form one giant screen. Bruce can see that reporter, Jack Ryder, is on scene for Gotham 5.

32. JACK RYDER ...everyone in the bank at the time were placed in an impossible situation. According to my sources, six well-armed and well-organised men entered the bank at noon with employee Emma Wilson, who was recently reported missing. They say moments after these men entered, another man walked in. The Joker, as he likes to be known, strapped a bomb to Emmas chest and walked into the vault. But it wasnt money he was after, instead he made off with a small piece of paper locked away in Charles Taylors security box. Witnesses say they saw Joker and his men flee the scene in a white van heading towards Gotham Bridge into the Narrows. Bruce stands up. He walks over to the cylinder with the suit in, he looks at it and then looks at the monitors. Which return to normal desktop. CALLIE (O.S.) Your neural patterns suggest that youre planning on doing something out of character. BRUCE WAYNE I think its time we field tested this. CALLIE (O.S.) Many adjustments must be made before proper testing can commence. It is not a good idea. BRUCE WAYNE Come on. Itll be fun. CALLIE (O.S.) Are you sure about this? BRUCE WAYNE Not really. But lets try it out. Bruce waits a few moments. Callie finally replies.

33. CALLIE (O.S.) Whats the plan? BRUCE WAYNE Field test. Bruce walks over to the suit, he takes it down and looks at it. FADE TO: INT. THOMAS LABORATORY -- MINUTES LATER Bruce is standing there, in the suit. Fully masked, fully outfitted. Not as Batman though, this isnt the proper batsuit, no symbols or bat ears. Utility belt on, and the boomerangs hooked to it. BRUCE WAYNE Ill need a mode of transportation. I cant take the Porsche or anything that can be traced back to me. Any ideas? CALLIE (O.S.) Before your father died, he built a machine capable of travelling at immense speeds. BRUCE WAYNE What? Two flashing lights come on near the far side of the laboratory over the bridge. A garage door opens, revealing a motorcycle, a high-tech motorcycle. A racing motorcycle coloured jet black with silver lights running up either side. BRUCE WAYNE (CONTD) (Impressed) Nice. CALLIE (O.S.) Do be careful, Bruce. Your father had a few accidents when testing it, said it was a little too fast for his taste. BRUCE WAYNE Nothings too fast, Callie.

34. CALLIE (O.S.) Oh, and if you wish to get that out of here, I suggest taking the scenic route. Another door opens, water spills through and into the drain. Its the waterfall outside of Wayne Manor. EXT. WATERFALL -- CONTINUOUS The bike comes hurtling through the waterfall and lands on the dirt road. Cassie is able to speak to Bruce through the bike itself. The tires turn into dirt-tires with more grip. CASSIE (O.S.) If you need anything, just speak. BRUCE WAYNE Got it! The bike hurtles forward and shoots over a dirt ramp and continues until it reaches the road. Where road tires return to the tires of the bike and it heads towards Gotham City. CUT TO: EXT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT The place is quiet as a blue car rolls up. James Gordon steps out and cocks his 9mm pistol. He walks into the warehouse. INT. WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS The place is abandoned, but a fires still burning. On the stage sits a single chair, and a hand is twirling a Joker card as the person stares at the wall. Gordon raises his gun and aims at the chair. He slowly walks towards it but knocks a spanner to the ground and alerts the man who starts laughing. Its Joker alright. THE JOKER Come to arrest me, Gordon? JAMES GORDON The games up, Napier, put your hands up and get on your knees. I wont ask twice.

35. THE JOKER So you found out my little secret and you decided to come here, with one gun and no backup. I gave you all the clues, yet you still remain so stupid. (Laughs) You came here alone, but you have the gun. What do I have? Hmm? JAMES GORDON You killed Thomas and Martha Wayne in front of their son. Youre nothing but a sadistic bastard, and nothing more. THE JOKER (Laughs) Why so serious? Joker revolves in the chair, he has a card in one hand and the piece of paper he stole from the bank vault in the other. Joker stands up and pulls out a daisy, he throws it to Gordon who looks at it strangely. THE JOKER (CONTD) Poor little James, all alone in that bed of his with no father watching over him. No guardian, no saviour. Why, you seem shocked to hear such a thing. How would I, little old Joker know that your sons favourite TV show is on... (Checks watch) Right now. Makes you think, huh? JAMES GORDON If you hurt him I swear to god! THE JOKER How can I hurt him? Im right here. Its the men outside of your apartment dressed as cops you want to be worried about. Oh - you didnt know? Yes, well it would have been wrong of me to let those other two posers sit out there in the cold all night.

36. JAMES GORDON On your knees! THE JOKER (Looks at himself) In this suit? No way, its filthy down there. All sorts of - trash. This suit isnt cheap you know. Joker walks down the steps from the stage and approaches Gordon slowly. THE JOKER (CONTD) You know, its rude to point a gun at someone when youve only just met. It doesnt make for a nice impression. JAMES GORDON I wont ask you again. THE JOKER Then shoot! Joker is teasing Gordon, but Gordon wont break. THE JOKER (CONTD) No, youre one of those guys who says things rather than doing them. You wouldnt want to ruin that heroic image of yours now, would you? The hero cop who found the Wayne boy in that dark and cold alleyway, cradling his mother in his arms. Its quite - pathetic really. Youre still pushing papers and hes a billionaire. Funny how things turn out huh? Joker looks at the daisy on the ground, he then takes out a flower from his top left jacket pocket and shows it to Gordon, who is still point the gun at him. Joker squirts Gordon in the eye, it blinds Gordon long enough for Joker to steal the gun from his hand and KNEE HIM IN THE FACE. Gordon lies unconscious on the ground. Joker laughs.

37. THE JOKER (CONTD) Well that wasnt nearly as fun as Id hoped. Oh well. Joker pathetically drags Gordon into the side room. Straining all of his muscles as he drags the helpless detective away. CUT TO: EXT. GOTHAM 1ST STREET -- NIGHT The motorcycle hurtles down the street, weaving through the traffic as onlookers watch on from the pavements. A cop on a bike catches the motorcycle doing 200mph down the busy street. He looks at the other cop, and shrugs. EXT. GOTHAM BANK ALLEYWAY -- CONTINUOUS Motorcycle pulls engine and steps silver buckle on And his mouth of up in the alleyway. Bruce turns off the off, his outfit is so dark that only the his utility belt is visible in the darkness. course.

BRUCE WAYNE Okay Callie, lets find that trail. CALLIE (O.S.) According to the news reporter, the van is a Toyota, we should be able to track it if we can get close enough to locate its tire tracks. Bruce looks over the street. The place is cordoned off by cops, barriers all over the place. He cant get close. BRUCE WAYNE Might be a bit of a problem. Theres cops everywhere. CALLIE (O.S.) Use the charges. Bruce picks one of the sticky hockey-puck like charges from his belt and places it on the wall. He gets back on the bike but keeps the lights off as he drives down the alleyway and into the same street where theres a barricade.

38. Bruce presses the trigger. He sees the explosion. BANG! Cops run over to the alleyway, all of them. Bruce quickly drives through the barricade and looks around. Blue visor comes down again. BRUCES P.O.V We see the tire tracks coloured orange. Bruce watches as the computer inside of his suit tracks the tire tracks around the corner. CALLIE (O.S.) We have a trail. Heading west to the Narrows. Apartment block, 15 on Summit Street. Van is registered to a Jason Milligan. END OF P.O.V. Bruce turns the bike around, it screeches and speeds off following the tracks. EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE -- CONTINUOUS Bike weaves through the traffic, then swerves to avoid a dump truck and heads into oncoming traffic. Bike weaves and dodges the traffic, HORNS SOUND as the bike hurtles forward. EXT. SUMMIT STREET -- MOMENTS LATER Bike skids to a halt, the apartment block Callie was talking about is surrounded by thugs. Bruce checks the area. He can see targets on the top, 3rd and second levels. Along with three targets outside in the alleyway, two on the porch and another four standing by the Toyota van. CALLIE (O.S.) I recommend a sneaky approach. Blue visor comes down, he sees that the men have guns coloured in red. He marks the men with guns. As he does that he sees another man on the top floor, tied to a chair. He can SEE THROUGH WALLS. Bruce turns the bike off and readies himself. Bruce nods.

39. EXT. APARTMENT BLOCK -- MOMENTS LATER Bruce is in the shadows. One man turns to him away from the others, Bruce grabs him by the head and twists him around quickly to the ground, hitting him in the side of the head rendering him unconscious. Two guards are talking near a ruined couch. Bruce sneaks behind the couch and listens in on their conversation. THUG #1 The Jokers lost it, man. THUG #2 Youre telling me, the guys lost his marbles. Thats if he had any to begin with. THUG #1 Probably lost them when he got those cuts on his face, his father was a brutal son of a bitch. Cutting him like that. No wonder hes twisted. THUG #2 He told me it was his dentist who did it to him. So he could show those pearly whites of his more. THUG #1 Man, I dont know. He probably got them doing a card trick, guy belongs in the circus. Bruce grabs both men with his hands and yanks them over the couch. One breaks loose and pulls out a knife, he slashes at Bruce who kicks the knife from his hand and then cracks him over the head with the BATROD. He then smothers the other guy until he falls unconscious. BRUCE WAYNE This things pretty handy. CALLIE (O.S.) Youre using it wrong, twist the handle.

40. Bruce twists the handle. The metal rod begins to spark with electricity. Bruce smiles. BRUCE WAYNE Nice. Two guys from the van walk around the corner and see nothing. THUG #3 Where the hell did they go? The boss will go mad if we lose the clerk. THUG #4 Hes already mad. THUG #3 Well - madder, then. The two guys see a body on the ground. They run over to investigate. One kneels down, Bruce pops up from behind the couch and uses the BATROD charge on the other guy, who falls limp and flailing to the ground. The other guy stands up. Bruce puts his hand over the guys mouth and sweeps his legs out from under him before using the BATROD on the guys neck, knocking him out. Bruce takes out one of the Hockey-Puck like charges and throws it onto the shed in the back garden. He then detonates the charge. The four remaining guys, two with guns, run around the corner. Passing Bruce along the way. They stop and scratch their heads. THUG #5 What the hell was that? THUG #6 Mustve been aBruce comes in, smacks THUG #6 with the BATROD. Then disarms the other two guys with a swift kick to the hands before HEAD BUTTING THUG #5 in the nose, and knocking THUG #7 out cold before kicking THUG #8 in the face and knocking out THUG #5.

41. Bruce looks around, a trail of destruction in his wake. INT. THIRD FLOOR -- MOMENTS LATER JOKER GOON is standing there with a gun in the corner of the room as a man, KEVIN MICHAELS, is tied to the chair with only a pair of boxer shorts on. OFF SCREEN: Punching, fighting sounds... Door breaks through. JOKER GOON screams as a WINGED FIGURE emerges through and grabs him by the throat, pinning him against the wall. Kevin looks on, astonished. BRUCE WAYNE Wheres Joker!? JOKER GOON Who are you supposed to be!? BRUCE WAYNE (Intimidating) Answer the question! JOKER GOON 415 south side pier, a warehouse. BRUCE WAYNE You better not be lying to me. JOKER GOON Im not, I swear. CALLIE (O.S.) His vitals are unstable, I suggest that hes lying. JOKER GOON Who the hells that, your mother? BRUCE WAYNE Tell me where he is! Bruce squeezes tightly.

42. JOKER GOON (Can hardly breathe) 437 North side pier, warehouse 5. Bruce waits for a moment. CALLIE (O.S.) Abandoned warehouse, once a chemical plant used by Alliance Pharmaceuticals. JOKER GOON Are you going to let me go? BRUCE WAYNE No. Bruce forcefully pushes JOKER GOON against the wall, his head hits the wall and Joker Goon falls unconscious to the ground. Bruce turns to Kevin Michaels, who is gagged. Bruce takes the gag off Kevin and cuts the ropes to his legs. He then cuts the rope to his left wrist. KEVIN MICHAELS Oh thank you! I cant thank you enough! Oh my god I couldve died! I could have died! You saved me! Thank you! Thank you! Bruce puts the gag back in Kevins mouth to shut him up. BRUCE WAYNE Sshh. KEVIN MICHAELS (Gagged) Who are you? Bruce walks to the door, but turns back. BRUCE WAYNE Forget me, I was never here. Bruce leaves Kevin, who unties his remaining strap. Kevin runs to the window a few seconds later.

43. Kevin watches as the motorcycle zooms down the road, nearly hitting a car which pulls out of a drive. FADE TO: INT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT Gordon is strapped to a chair. He begins to wake up, he looks down to the ground to see a palette of paint, with all colours on and a large brush. Joker is standing in the corner. Gordon tries to free himself, but is unable to. THE JOKER Usually its the cop who uses the cuffs to apprehend the suspect, but Im not one for recurring fashions. I like to spice things up a bit! Joker turns around, revealing that hes now wearing an artists hat. He walks over to Gordon and SITS ON THE AIR as he looks at Gordons eyes. THE JOKER (CONTD) Youre not very sociable are you? JAMES GORDON Let me out of this! THE JOKER Ooh wee. Youre an angry bird. Now, I lost my train of thought - err - oh yes. You should lighten up a bit, get into the spirit of things. Get creative, be a better father to your son, take him to the park once in a while and get him away from that dreadful videogame world of his. When I was young, we didnt have videogames, no, we had to create our own fun. Some of us wanted to be astronauts, girls wanted to be fairy princesses with sparkly star wands. I was - different.

44. JAMES GORDON I couldnt care less. THE JOKER Oh but you see, thats where youre wrong. Because what I wanted to be was something I could never have, they could all aspire to be astronauts and princesses, maybe both but I could never be - normal. If it werent for my miserable father I could have been a better person. But no, he always blamed me for what happened, all the time and you know what? It changed me. So I took a brush, and painted myself a smiley face. But even that wasnt good enough. Joker sits on Gordons lap and pulls out a knife. Its stained with blood. THE JOKER (CONTD) This blood, is mine. You see, when my father said I didnt smile enough I took it upon myself to brighten his day. So I took this knife, and carved through my cheeks. After that he could never look at me again without seeing a smile. JAMES GORDON Youre sick! THE JOKER Not right now, but thanks for asking. JAMES GORDON Dont try and blame this on your parents, you do this for fun. Youre a sadistic and twisted murderer whose only joy in life is to see others suffer. (Beat) Thats why you killed Thomas and Martha in front of their nine year old son all those years ago. So he could suffer. THE JOKER Why youve hurt my feelings.

45. Joker pulls out a handkerchief and pretends to dry his eyes. He then blows his nose on the same handkerchief and sticks it into Gordons jacket pocket. THE JOKER (CONTD) (Pulls out paper) I got what I wanted. Joker looks at the paper and shows Gordon for a brief second. JAMES GORDON What is that? THE JOKER Why cant you read? (Laughs) Its a name, more importantly, its a password. A password for a file locked away on a computer, a file that holds valuable information to me. JAMES GORDON Why tell me? THE JOKER Because youre not going to be here to stop me. (Beat) Or is this the part where someone swoops in and saves the day? Joker puts his hand to his ear and pretends to listen for something. He cant hear anything, theres complete silence. THE JOKER (CONTD) You know, for a hero cop youve got lousy friends. No ones coming to save you, and - oh - say cheese! Joker aims his gun at Gordon, he presses the trigger but a flag emerges from the barrel. Gordon opens his eyes, and the Joker looks at the gun with a smile on his face. THE JOKER (CONTD) Hmm. Well that wasnt nearly as dramatic as Id hoped.

46. Joker reaches into his jacket, he pulls out another gun. Identical to the one in his hand and he drops the fake gun, and uses his empty hand to gently hit himself on the forehead. THE JOKER (CONTD) Wrong gun. Now I feel like an idiot. So lets try this again, take two. Joker presses the trigger again, this time a bullet does come out but not before JOKER IS TACKLED TO THE GROUND BY BRUCE. Bruce grabs the gun from Jokers hand but Joker stabs Bruce in the stomach. It pierces the rubber armour, Bruce cringes in pain as Joker stands up and kicks him in the chest. THE JOKER (CONTD) That was rude! Joker tries to stab Bruce in the neck, but Bruce counters and pushes the blade away from his throat. Joker pushes down, Bruce pushes up. The two are locked. Gordon looks on, shocked. Bruce knees Joker in the stomach and throws him off himself, Bruce picks himself up, clutching his stomach and he punches Joker in the nose. Joker staggers backwards, Bruce then hits him in the chest and again in the face. Joker slashes wildly and misses. Bruce knees Joker in the stomach and grabs him, he then forces him through the wall and the two spill out onto the main floor of the warehouse. INT. MAIN FLOOR -- CONTINUOUS Bruce throws Joker into some barrels and knocks gasoline all over the place. Joker gets back to his feet as Bruce grabs him once again, but Joker uses a tire iron to smack Bruce in the left shoulder. Bruce staggers backwards. Joker grabs a bike wheel from the ground and throws it at Bruce who rolls out of the way and gets to his feet. Joker grabs the tire iron once more and swings for Bruce who parries it with his gauntlet. Bruce pulls out the BATROD.

47. Bruce twists the handle, the BATROD becomes live. Joker and Bruce come into a clash (Like swords) and stare at one another. Joker feels the gasoline under his feet. He smiles, kicks Bruce in the stomach and Bruce flies backwards into some empty barrels. Joker takes out a box of matches, he smiles as he lights one. THE JOKER Hate to break up the party, but Ive got to dash. As Ive said before, its time to go boom! Joker drops a lit match on the trail of gasoline and quickly runs out of the warehouse. Leaving Bruce standing behind a line of fire. CALLIE (O.S.) The flames will reach the gasoline barrels in approximately thirty eight seconds. Bruce runs back into the room. INT. WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS Bruce unties Gordon very quickly, they approach the door but the flames are too high. Bruce sees a window, the two head for it. Bruce breaks the window and looks down. Theres quite a drop. BRUCE WAYNE Hold onto me! Gordon holds on. Bruce pulls the BATHOOK out and leans out of the window. He shoots it up and it connects to the roof. Bruce and Gordon get onto the windowsill and Gordon looks down. JAMES GORDON Are you sure about this? BRUCE WAYNE Not really.

48. Bruce leaps out of the window as Gordon holds on. EXT. WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS BOOM! Warehouse EXPLODES in a fantastic blaze of fire. FADE TO: EXT. WAREHOUSE -- DAWN A dozen bats screech by as the sun begins to rise over Gotham. Gordon is sitting on a log, coughing. BRUCE WAYNE How are you feeling? JAMES GORDON Ive been better. Bruce gets onto his motorcycle. He puts the key in and Gordon walks over. JAMES GORDON (CONTD) Who are you? BRUCE WAYNE Im a friend. Bruce turns the engine on. JAMES GORDON Youve got to have a name. BRUCE WAYNE Im just a friend. He then drives away, leaving Gordon standing there, alone. DISSOLVE TO: INT. THOMAS LABORATORY -- DAY Bruce is sitting on the chair, the suit is inside of the cylinder once more. Hes watching the news, he sees that everything is normal.

49. CALLIE (O.S.) Bruce, its ready. Bruce nods and walks over to the laser box and looks inside. He smiles and pulls out a small object. BRUCE WAYNE Its better than we thought it would be. Bruce holds in his hands a BATERANG. The first of its kind. In the shape of a bat. He then walks over to the cylinder and looks at the suit. BRUCE WAYNE (CONTD) Hey Callie! CALLIE (O.S.) Yes, Bruce? BRUCE WAYNE Do you think we could put this on the suit? CALLIE (O.S.) You mean, like a symbol? BRUCE WAYNE Yeah. CALLIE (O.S.) It might take a while, but it should not be a problem. Bruce remembers why he created the BATERANG. FLASHBACK: INT. BRUCES ROOM -- 26 YEARS AGO NIGHT Thomas Wayne sits on Bruces bed. BRUCE IS 5 YRS OLD. THOMAS WAYNE The bat is not something you should fear, Bruce. A bat is like a symbol, it represents what a certain thing should be.

50. BRUCE WAYNE But theyre scary. THOMAS WAYNE Fear is one of their many assets. But fear is something you can overcome. They are more scared of you than you are of them. BRUCE WAYNE Theyll never hurt me? THOMAS WAYNE They know their place, and that is the lesson. In order to overcome fear, you must first embrace it. BRUCE WAYNE And thats what they do? THOMAS WAYNE Yes. Thats what they do, and in time you will do the same. END OF FLASHBACK. INT. THOMAS LABORATORY -- PRESENT Bruce puts the baterang on the counter and watches as CALLIE creates even more inside of the laser box using scrap metal. The news channel continues rolling. A strange woman in pink appears on the screen for no more than two seconds. She looks directly ahead at CAMERA. As if shes watching Bruce. Bruce then turns the news off and starts typing things in on the computer. FADE TO BLACK: ROLL CREDITS