- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: I always felt like we were on the road to becoming good friends, but what happened?
- Pat Dugan: I don't know, yeah. I mean, I kind of felt that way myself. I think the fact that you tried to kill me, that might have kind of put a damper on the friendship, but who knows, you know? Relationships are funny, right?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Fair point.
- Courtney Whitmore: Doctor Mid-Nite's goggles warned Beth that Eclipso is here in Blue Valley.
- Pat Dugan: The goggles said that?
- Barbara Whitmore: How do they know?
- Courtney Whitmore: The trouble alerts, I guess. But all the files on Eclipso are confidential, and I couldn't find any in the basement. Why, Pat? Who is Eclipso?
- Pat Dugan: He's the Devil in the shadows. Evil, Court, real evil, imprisoned inside the black diamond.
- Barbara Whitmore: The one the Shade's looking for.
- Pat Dugan: And whoever has the diamond has Eclipso's power.
- Barbara Whitmore: [keeping an eye on the Crocks] Have you lost your mind? They tried to kill us. She almost killed me.
- Pat Dugan: I know, I know. I know.
- Barbara Whitmore: If it wasn't for Courtney, she...
- Pat Dugan: Barb, I just think this is the best thing for us to do right now to keep this all moving forward.
- Barbara Whitmore: I mean, you really believe they broke out of prison just to see their kid try out for football?
- Pat Dugan: That's what Crock told me. I have no idea. They're crazy.
- Barbara Whitmore: Well, what are they looking for? The Shade or Calypso?
- Pat Dugan: It's E-clipso. Eclipso.
- Barbara Whitmore: Who's to say she's not gonna be firing arrows at my head again?
- Pat Dugan: Okay, Barb, if they wanted us dead, we'd be dead right now.
- Barbara Whitmore: That does not make me feel better.
- Pat Dugan: Yeah. Is he stealing something?
- Beth Chapel: [asking Chuck for information on Eclipso] Confidential? Since when is anything in the JSA database confidential?
- Paula Brooks: Another fight? Hmm. I guess you're unpopular with a lot of people.
- Barbara Whitmore: We're remodeling.
- Barbara Whitmore: I was up most of the night.
- Pat Dugan: I'm sorry, I just... you know, I thought you should know everything.
- Barbara Whitmore: It's scary, the black diamond.
- Pat Dugan: Yeah.
- Barbara Whitmore: I mean, what happened with Doctor Mid-Nite, and do we tell Courtney about the JSA and...
- Pat Dugan: Eclipso?
- Barbara Whitmore: Yeah.
- Courtney Whitmore: [coming in] What was that about Eclipso?
- Pat Dugan: How do you know about Eclipso?
- Courtney Whitmore: How do *you* know about Eclipso?
- Barbara Whitmore: You first.
- Cindy Burman: Hi, Isaac.
- [he's a little surprised to see her]
- Cindy Burman: Yes, I am back from my trip abroad. And it is so wonderful to see you. You know, I always wanted to tell you how much I admired your musical talents.
- Isaac Bowin: Y-You noticed me?
- Cindy Burman: How could I not, Isaac? I am a big fan, really. I just, I wanted to say hi and, um... I wanna make new friends this summer. Do you want to be my friend? Listen, I know what you're going through with your mom dying from that awful hunting accident. I lost my parents, too.
- Isaac Bowin: How did your parents die?
- Cindy Burman: Hmm. Horribly.
- Pat Dugan: How's prison? Is it, uh, scary, or is it, uh, kind of fun like "The Shawshank Redemption"?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: The what?
- Pat Dugan: Oh, just a movie.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Cell's a little small. Gym's great. I got visitation rights with the missus.
- Pat Dugan: Oh. So, you keep up with any of your old ISA colleagues? Any of the... any of the gang?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Who's left? That putz, the Gambler? Listen, truthfully, pal, ISA, me and the wife, we never really fit in. I mean, Jordan was a good guy, few colors short of a rainbow, but the rest of 'em, I do not miss.
- Pat Dugan: So, none of the old gang, huh? Not even the Shade?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: The Shade?
- Pat Dugan: Yeah.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Haven't seen that tea-sucking scone gobbler in years. I never liked him, either. He was not a team player. You know, he made fun of my cleats, but he worse these ridiculous top hats. And those... what do you call 'em? The scarves?
- Pat Dugan: Ascots. They're called ascots.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Ascots.
- [laughing in amusement]
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Ascots. Hey, you want to know about bad, bad guys? I gotta tell you what the Dragon King did to the Wizard's body. Oh, my God. It's gonna gross you out.
- Artemis Crock: [in the cafeteria, Courtney offers her an apple] What is that?
- Courtney Whitmore: The only piece of fresh fruit in this place? Consider it a peace offering for the misunderstanding with the hockey stick.
- Artemis Crock: What are you staring at, Montez?
- Yolanda Montez: Nothing. I just can't believe they don't have wheatgrass, either.
- Artemis Crock: [taking the apple] Thanks.
- Courtney Whitmore: Yeah. No problem. Um, I-I just wanted to say, I'm really sorry for the situation that you're in. I can't imagine how tough that must be.
- Artemis Crock: What situation?
- Courtney Whitmore: Oh. Um... you know, that situation that you... or, um, your parents... um, them being... in prison.
- Artemis Crock: My parents are innocent. They shouldn't even be there. Everyone's mocking us now. But we Crocks don't forgive.
- [crushing the apple]
- Artemis Crock: And we don't forget.
- Courtney Whitmore: [Artemis nudges her hard in the shoulder as she leaves] Ow!
- Yolanda Montez: Boy... she's got anger issues.
- Courtney Whitmore: Tell that to the apple.
- Courtney Whitmore: What are Eclipso's powers?
- Pat Dugan: He can get inside your head, make you see things that aren't there. Starman said the diamond drove people to do, uh... bad things... to themselves and to others.
- Courtney Whitmore: But the JSA stopped Eclipso?
- Pat Dugan: Yeah. Somehow, they managed to, but... the longer Eclipso's active, the more powerful he becomes.
- Courtney Whitmore: So the Shade, who kicked our collective butts without lifting a single finger, is looking for the black diamond to team up with pure evil. To do what?
- Pat Dugan: I don't know.
- Courtney Whitmore: [seeing Barbara is worried] Mom, don't worry. We got this.
- Barbara Whitmore: Court.
- Courtney Whitmore: No, Mom, I'll be smart. There's nothing online about Eclipso, so we'll do recon the old-fashioned way: hitting the books. Beth's already on her way to the library. We won't rush in. I won't rush in, Mom. I promise.
- Artemis Crock: [seeing her foster mother packed her junk food for lunch] What is this? I can't eat this.
- Millie Myers: [on the phone, gesturing for her to be quiet] Listen, as much as I'd like to, I just can't foster these kids for free.
- Artemis Crock: How hard is it to buy whey protein?
- Millie Myers: They didn't have wheat protein.
- Artemis Crock: Not wheat. It's whey.
- Millie Myers: Hey, are you gonna get out or what?
- Artemis Crock: Can I at least have some money so I can buy a decent lunch?
- Millie Myers: You got a decent lunch.
- Artemis Crock: You didn't even pack me a protein bar!
- Millie Myers: Listen, you need to turn it down a notch, missy, okay? Or else I'm not gonna be accepting any more of those collect calls from the penitentiary. You got it?
- Artemis Crock: My tryouts are today. What am I supposed to do for fuel?
- Millie Myers: I don't know. That's your business. Now, get to steppin', I got a nail appointment to get to.
- Artemis Crock: Hi, Dad.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: How you doing, Artie?
- Artemis Crock: I can't stay in that foster home anymore. Macaroni and cheese, bunk beds, basic cable, no Football Sunday pass.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Animals.
- Artemis Crock: Tryouts are Wednesday. Coach Morrison's coming in from Lincoln.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: The Big Ten. Sweetie, you are gonna crush it.
- Paula Brooks: You're gonna be great.
- Artemis Crock: I don't know.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Hey, look at me. You're the best in the state.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: We didn't come back to town for revenge on you and the Scooby Gang.
- Pat Dugan: So what do you want?
- Paula Brooks: Our daughter has tryouts today. We can't miss that.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: We can't, can we, babe?
- Paula Brooks: Here's the deal: you help us lay low until tryouts this afternoon, and we'll break back into prison afterwards without incident.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Right after our daughter kills it... on the field.
- Pat Dugan: Are you kidding me right now?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Scout's honor. So you can hold onto that little wrench if you want. Heck, I'll even give you a head start over to S.T.R.I.P.E., and we can do this the old-fashioned way, or we can be friends, buds. I mean, you wouldn't want the world to know about your little robot, would you?
- Pat Dugan: [putting the wrench down] Okay. Let's go watch some football.
- Pat Dugan: Crusher, what are you doing here?
- Paula Brooks: [dropping down from the ceiling] We.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: You really stuck that landing.
- Pat Dugan: You break out of prison and you come straight back to your hometown?
- Paula Brooks: We left a decoy trail of breadcrumbs obvious enough for even the stupid cops to follow. They should be halfway to Miami by now.
- Cindy Burman: I didn't want her dead. I'm still upset by that. You hear me?
- Eclipso: I do, but this isn't really about your stepmother, is it, Cynthia?
- Suzanne Ito: Cindy? Sweetheart, is that you?
- Cindy Burman: Mom?
- Suzanne Ito: You're not gonna hurt me again, are you? Baby, I'm so sorry I let your father find you.
- Cindy Burman: No, no, no, I'm sorry. I'm so sorr... make her go away.
- Suzanne Ito: Please, don't hurt me.
- Cindy Burman: Now!
- Eclipso: [Suzanne disappears] You wallow in pain over your birth mother. I simply wanted to show you that you must put the past behind you.
- Cindy Burman: You ever do that again, and I'll throw this diamond into a volcano.
- Eclipso: I am only here to help. I only desire what you desire.
- Cindy Burman: [the poster of the old ISA is replaced by one of the team she wants to recruit] Let's get back to work.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Hiya, sport.
- Mike Dugan: Hey, yourself. I-I'd love to stay and catch up, but I still got papers to deliver, and today is collection day.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Oh.
- Mike Dugan: I'm living off tips, you know, what can I say?
- Paula Brooks: Here's a tip. Don't try and run from us, 'cause you can't.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: That's a good tip.
- Barbara Whitmore: Can I get you something? Do you, um, drink coffee?
- Paula Brooks: Caffeine? No, thank you.
- Barbara Whitmore: Uh, water?
- Paula Brooks: What kind?
- Barbara Whitmore: Tap?
- Paula Brooks: I'm fine.
- [glancing at the pantry]
- Paula Brooks: You let your children eat processed foods?
- Barbara Whitmore: They're teenagers. If Mike wants to eat those things, he's gonna find a way to get them. You know, it's kind of like Courtney. When she makes up her mind about something, there is just no stopping her.
- Paula Brooks: Artemis is like that, too; unstoppable.
- Barbara Whitmore: Yeah, it doesn't matter what you say.
- Paula Brooks: She's not gonna listen.
- Barbara Whitmore: And I like that she's driven, but as a mom...
- Barbara Whitmore, Paula Brooks: It's frustrating.
- [as she accidentally knocks the coffee pot off the counter, Paula catches it]
- Barbara Whitmore: Thanks.
- Paula Brooks: [pouring a cup] Maybe I'll try some.
- Chuck: Hello? Is someone out there?
- Beth Chapel: Chuck! Chuck! I can hear you. I can hear you.
- Chuck: Who are you?
- Beth Chapel: It's me, your best friend, Beth Chapel. Come on, Chuck, you know me.
- Chuck: Why do you keep calling me Chuck?
- Beth Chapel: That's your name. You're Dr. Charles McNider, his AI.
- Chuck: AI? What are you talking about? Where's Pat? What happened to the JSA?
- [garbled]
- Chuck: ... to find them. Been lost for...
- [static]
- Chuck: years.
- Beth Chapel: Who is this?
- Chuck: My name is Dr. Charles McNider. I've been t-t-trapped in the shadow...
- Beth Chapel: Wait. Are you the real Dr. Charles McNider?
- Chuck: The Shade.
- Beth Chapel: [the goggles' power fails] Hello? Oh, my gosh. I... I think Doctor Mid-Nite is alive.
- Chuck: [in another realm] Hello? Hello, Beth? Beth Chapel, are you there? Hello? Hello? Hello?
- Cindy Burman: Rough day?
- Artemis Crock: What do you want?
- Cindy Burman: What happened with that recruiter, that is his loss. But I have another team you can join; one your parents were a part of.
- Eclipso: Artemis Crock will be yours to use.
- [on the field, Artemis's eyes glow as she's put under his influence]
- Courtney Whitmore: [approaching the stands looking for Pat] Are you kidding me? The Crocks?
- Artemis Crock: [seeing a SWAT tactical team surrounding her parents] No!
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: [she runs toward them] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing, honey?
- Artemis Crock: [tackling one] Stay away from them! They did nothing wrong! They did nothing wrong, you hear me?
- [as her teammates pull her off, she realizes it's just Courtney]
- Artemis Crock: [looking around] What? Where'd they go?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Well, that really got away from her, didn't it?
- Isaac Bowin: [in the ISA headquarters under the school] What is this place?
- Cindy Burman: This is where your parents and mine tried to save the world... until the JSA killed them.
- Isaac Bowin: [seeing a large painting of the ISA] Dad.
- Cindy Burman: He was called the Fiddler.
- Isaac Bowin: The Fiddler?
- [she puts a case on the table and opens it, revealing a violin inside]
- Isaac Bowin: I can't play that.
- Cindy Burman: Well, you'll learn.
- Courtney Whitmore: [watching Artemis say goodbye to her parents] Why do I feel bad for them? Why didn't you tell me they were in town?
- Pat Dugan: I didn't have the chance.
- Courtney Whitmore: You could have called. Did you think I was just gonna rush in and fight? I would have listened. I'm not the same Stargirl I was last year.
- Pat Dugan: [watching Artemis' long touchdown throw] That was, like, a 40-yard pass.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: She's a trip, ain't she, bud?
- The Shade: Ah, hello, Ms. Whitmore. I know who you are.
- Courtney Whitmore: And I know what you're planning, Shade. You want the black diamond so you can team up with Eclipso to do... something bad. We're going to stop you.
- The Shade: A supervillain team-up. Really? That's the vast scope of your imagination?
- Courtney Whitmore: It happens. Icicle and Brainwave.
- The Shade: I'll ignore the insult of comparing me to those two incompetents. But by far, the greater slight is assuming I seek to conspire with Eclipso.
- Courtney Whitmore: Why wouldn't you? You're just as bad as he is. You killed Doctor Mid-Nite.
- The Shade: Oh, my. And said with such conviction. You were there, I assume.
- Courtney Whitmore: Pat was.
- The Shade: Oh, yes, of course. Dear old Stripesy. You know, it's interesting the things he chooses to tell you and those he doesn't, you poor, deluded... child.
- The Shade: I've been called wicked more than once. A law broken here, rule bent there, the odd life taken. But nobody that didn't deserve it. Eclipso, on the other hand... he killed McNider's daughter. She was ten years old.
- Courtney Whitmore: Wait. What? Eclipso killed Dr. McNider's daughter?
- The Shade: Mm. Now look. A moment ago, you were so sure of everything. When I find the black diamond, I intend to throw it in the deepest, darkest part of the ocean so that Eclipso may never hurt anyone ever again.
- Courtney Whitmore: Why would you do that?
- The Shade: Oh, well um... living as long as I have... I'm bored. But really... leave this... all... to me.
- Courtney Whitmore: Did you know that Eclipso killed Dr. McNider's daughter?
- Pat Dugan: How do you know that?
- Courtney Whitmore: So it's true. Why didn't you tell me, Pat?
- Pat Dugan: It's not an easy thing to talk about. Rebecca was ten years old. I didn't wanna scare you.
- Courtney Whitmore: I'm not scared. Is there anything else about Eclipso and the JSA? Or Bruce Gordon, what happened to him? Anything?
- Pat Dugan: No.
- [as the Crocks leave]
- Pat Dugan: Come on, I want to follow these guys back to the penitentiary.
- Barbara Whitmore: Did you tell Courtney everything?
- Pat Dugan: No. Do you think I should?
- Barbara Whitmore: I mean... I... I mean, we promised there'd be no more secrets, but I don't know. Paula didn't tell her daughter about their other life. And now that Artemis knows... I mean, no matter what happens, she'll never be the same.
- Pat Dugan: If we tell Courtney about Eclipso and the JSA, she'll never be the same, either.
- Barbara Whitmore: Yeah.
- Pat Dugan: I mean, none of the kids will.
- Barbara Whitmore: So we agree, then? We need to protect 'em from the truth.
- Pat Dugan: Yeah.
- Courtney Whitmore: So, the black diamond is from this place called Diablo Island.
- Yolanda Montez: Devil Island? That's not ominous at all.
- Courtney Whitmore: It's somewhere around here.
- Rick Tyler: Why isn't it on the map?
- Beth Chapel: Because they took it off. Look, it's all over maps back in the 1800s. But then around 1832, Diablo Island stopped appearing, like they didn't want anyone to go there.
- Yolanda Montez: Why?
- Beth Chapel: Because no one ever came back.
- Courtney Whitmore: The legend goes, there were two warring tribes living on different sides of the island. One of the tribes summoned an evil entity of vengeance, trapping it in what... sounds like the black diamond.
- Rick Tyler: How did the black diamond end up here?
- Beth Chapel: An explorer named Bruce Gordon rediscovered Diablo Island, but when he got there, everyone on it had been dead for decades. It's the same Bruce Gordon that wrote some of these books. He was a famous explorer in his day.
- Yolanda Montez: So this Gordon guy found the diamond there?
- Courtney Whitmore: It doesn't say, but he was the only person who ever returned.
- Rick Tyler: Then what?
- Beth Chapel: I don't know. There's nothing online or off about Bruce Gordon after he came back from the island. Or Eclipso.
- Rick Tyler: So what do we do next?
- Maria Carmen Saravia: Yolanda, your order's up.
- Yolanda Montez: Okay. Thanks.
- Courtney Whitmore: Go get back to work. We've exhausted the library, so I'm gonna go to the used-book store to see if I can find anything else.
- Beth Chapel: I'll keep trying to get Chuck back online. Maybe he can help us open the files on Eclipso.
- Artemis Crock: So then you're not innocent? Why didn't you tell me before?
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Well, we were going to, but...
- Paula Brooks: But you have your own dreams.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: Yeah. I mean, you're gonna be the first female quarterback in the history of college football! My girl is.
- Artemis Crock: But the only reason I did so well today was because you guys were here.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: No, no. The reason that you crushed it today is because of you.
- Paula Brooks: You've got a future now. We're not gonna let anything get in the way of that. Including us.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: This has to be goodbye.
- Pat Dugan: [at Artemis' football tryouts] We sit down, you watch, stay quiet.
- Lawrence 'Crusher' Crock: As a mouse.
- Pat Dugan: And then you go back. No funny business.
- Paula Brooks: None. Your wife is lovely, by the way.
- Pat Dugan: I know that. Sit.