S02E14 "A New Life for an Old"

Previously: "S02E13 "Revenge of The Living Brain"" 

"A NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD"

FADE IN:

                             NARRATOR (V.O.)
                   Previously, on Marvel's Spider-Man.

INTERCUT SCENES FROM PREVIOUS EPISODES

A comatose DOCTOR OCTOPUS, lying on the ground with the Neuro-
Cortex suspended above. Electricity arcs between them.

                             THE LIVING BRAIN (V.O.)
                   You thought I was gone, Spider-Man.
                   But, hiding in the circuits of the
                   Neuro-Cortex, I, Dr. Otto Octavius,
                   was planning my sweet revenge the
                   whole time.

CUT TO:

Villains watching a giant, flickering monitor on which a shadowy
visage is cast.

                             THE LIVING BRAIN (V.O.)
                        (continues)
                   I recruited a gang of amateurs and
                   morons--

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SPIDER-MAN fighting villains. He staggers, exhausted, under
their blows.

                             THE LIVING BRAIN (v.o)
                        (continues)
                   --to keep you busy, wearing you out,
                   preparing your rendezvous with
                   destruction.

CUT TO:

THE LIVING BRAIN pins Spider-Man to the floor, blasting him in
the face with the Focal Energy beam.

                             THE LIVING BRAIN (V.O.)
                        (continues)
                   Now it is time. I am going to
                   obliterate your very essence, Spider-
                   Man. I am going to annihilate your
                   very being.

CUT TO:

Images of PETER PARKER, his friends and loved ones, floating in
darkness. They wink out one by one.

                             THE LIVING BRAIN (V.O.)
                        (continues)
                   I am going to take everything from
                   you, Spider-Man. It will all be mine
                   once I have downloaded my precious
                   mind into your body.

CUT TO:

Now only Peter's face remains. He grins (nastily) at the viewer.
Lightning flashes, and his visage intercuts with that of Doctor
Octopus, also grinning.

                             THE LIVING BRAIN (V.O.)
                        (continues)
                   Then I will be Spider-Man, and you,
                   Peter Parker, will be just a memory.
                   Ha ha ha.

END OF TEASER

MAIN TITLES: MARVEL'S SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN

FADE IN:

INT. PARKER HOUSE -- PETER'S BEDROOM -- DAY

Peter Parker is curled up in his bed. AUNT MAY enters.

                             AUNT MAY
                   Peter, sweetheart, you need to get up.

Peter MUMBLES argumentatively.

                             AUNT MAY
                   What's wrong, honey? Didn't you get
                   enough sleep?

CLOSE ON PETER

He sits up, hunches with eyes closed, stifles a yawn.

                             PETER
                   Oh, sure. I guess I just--

A bluish light falls over his face. His eyes widen and he GASPS.
Images of The Living Brain, of Doctor Octopus, and of Spider-Man
writhing under the Focal Energy beam DISSOLVE in and out over
his haggard stare.

The images and the light fade away. Peter's stare softens into a
hooded and furtive look.

                             PETER
                   Had really weird dreams.

Aunt May returns to the door.

                             AUNT MAY
                   Well, a quick shower and a hot
                   breakfast will clear away the
                   cobwebs. You don't want to be late
                   for school.

Peter's eyes widen with horror.

                             PETER
                   School?!

CUT TO:

PETER'S MIRROR

Peter, dressed with his backpack on, glares at his reflection.

Note: When speaking aloud, Peter Parker always uses Peter
Parker's voice, but it alters subtly between the arch and
arrogant manner of Otto Octavius and the more boyish tones of
Peter Parker. These respective modes, when it is necessary to
indicate them, will be marked as (otto) and (peter)
respectively.

                             PETER
                        (otto)
                   School? Really? I see now that
                   certain aspects of this scheme will
                   be attended by ... suboptimalities.
                   Or, as Parker would phrase it --
                        (peter)
                   Man, parts of this plan are really
                   gonna suck!

EXT. CITY STREET -- BUS -- DAY -- ESTABLISHING

INT. BUS -- DAY

Peter huddles with bowed head and folded arms on a bus bench.

                             PETER
                        (otto)
                   Luckily, I've got Parker's memories
                   to aid my deception. Still, I must
                   remember to strive to remain in
                   character. His Aunt May nearly took
                   my head off when I accidentally
                   called her wheat-cakes "pancakes."
                   But what a dear, sweet woman she--

His voice fades, and he begins to SNORE softly.

Voices MUTTER and approach.

                             BULLY #1 (O.S.)
                   Hey dweeb, make room.

Peter, without opening his eyes, shifts to put his feet on the
empty part of the bench.

                             PETER
                   Occupied.

ANGLE ON THE BULLY

He is big and meaty, as are BULLY #2 AND BULLY #3, behind him.

                             BULLY #1
                   I said, make room.

EXTREME CLOSE UP ON PETER

His eyes crack open into a baleful stare.
                             PETER
                   And I said, occupied.

BACK TO BULLY

                             BULLY #1
                        (nurses knuckles)
                   O ho! Tough guy wants to be made to!

EXT. CITY STREET -- BUS -- DAY

BLOWS and GRUNTS O.S., from inside the bus.

EXT. HORIZON HGIH -- FRONT SIDEWALK -- BUS -- DAY

Bully #1, propped up between Bullies #2 and #3 and boasting a
badly contused face, stumbles off the bus. Peter follows,
stretching ostentatiously and stifling a yawn.

                             PETER
                   Great workout, guys. Same time again
                   tomorrow?
                             BULLY #3
                   Weirdo.

INT. HORIZON HIGH -- LAB

Peter, head and shoulders drooping, with eyes shut, enters.
MILES MORALES, radiating energy and excitement, bounds up.

                             MILES
                   Pete! My man! You get enough sleep
                   last night?

                             PETER
                   If by "get enough sleep" you mean
                   "spent the night battling
                   supervillains in an ultimate boss
                   fight," then yeah, I got enough sleep
                   to last a lifetime.

He puts out a hand and grasps at empty air. That wakes him up a
little.

                             PETER
                   Huh? Aw. I miss your robot butler and
                   his tasty beverages.

ANGLE ON PETER

He slumps into a chair and props his feet on Miles's desk. Miles
hands him a cup.

                             MILES
                   Well, have some of this. I need you
                   awake and thinking, Pete. I only got
                   a million questions.

                             PETER
                   I won. What other answer do you want?

                             MILES
                   You wish. Last night was bad news for
                   us.

EXTREME CLOSE UP ON PETER

His hooded gaze turns baleful.

                             PETER
                        (otto; softly)
                   What do you mean "us", you refugee
                   from a remedial--?

                             MILES
                   We got a major problem and not a lot
                   of time. If Doc Ock is on the loose
                   again--

Peter GASPS and bolts upright.

                             PETER
                   Wh-what do you mean Doc Ock is on the
                   loose? Wh-what makes you think that?

                             MILES
                   That's what you told us last night,
                   Pete. You said Doc Ock--

                             PETER
                   I did? Oh. Heh heh. Well, you know, I
                   was kind of punchy, I think I might
                   have misspoke.

                             MILES
                   And he was also broadcasting all over
                   the intercom system. I patched in and
                   heard him gloating and everything.

                             PETER
                        (squeaking)
                   Oh my! What did he say?

                             MILES
                   Nothing that made a lot of sense, and
                   that's why I wanna hear it from you.
                   What was his plan?

                             PETER
                   His plan? Oh, just the same old, same
                   old. You know Ock. "I will destroy
                   you, Spider-Man." Heh?

                             MILES
                   Didn't he say anything about how he
                   got back or what his ultimate plans
                   were?

                             PETER
                   Well, I tried getting him to talk,
                   but he was too smart to fall for it.

Miles gives him a hard stare.

                             MILES
                   Okay, I guess I'll just have to get
                   L.B. back online. Maybe his memory's
                   not all shot like yours is.

                             PETER
                   L.B.?
                        (yelps)
                   The Living Brain? Wait! Where's your
                   robot butler now?

                             MILES
                   Downstairs in one of the big labs. If
                   I can get his memory circuits online,
                   maybe we can--

                             PETER
                   No! You can't! That was Doctor
                   Octavius!

                             MILES
                   Say what?

He jumps aside as Peter runs from the room.

INT. HORIZON HOUSE -- LARGE LAB -- DAY

Machinery and equipment. The remnants of the Living Brain are
splayed on a table. Peter, PANTING, runs up to press his face
against a plate-glass window, looking into the lab. Miles
appears behind him.

                             PETER
                   You haven't reactivated him yet, have
                   you?

                             MILES
                   No, we're still trying to rebuild
                   his--

                             PETER
                   Because it was Doctor Octavius inside
                   the Living Brain! The whole time,
                   hiding in plain sight! He transferred
                   his mind into the Neuro-Cortex and
                   tricked you into building that body
                   for it! Then he hired the Chameleon
                   and all those other villains, and
                   when that didn't work he tried to
                   kill me himself! Honest!

                             MILES
                   Are you sure you're not remembering
                   some nightmare you had after you got
                   home?

                             PETER
                   Trust me, Miles. If you plug that
                   thing back in, he'll come back
                   online, and I almost didn't beat him
                   last night!

INSERT POV -- THE LIVING BRAIN

Robot's-eye view of the interior of the lab, through a bluish
filter, distorted. Miles enters the frame.

                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   Come on, Miles. Finish plugging me
                   in, buddy. Hook me up to a voice box
                   so I can--

Peter enters the frame.
                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   No! Get away from him, Miles! That's
                   not me! You have to--!

Miles gathers up some wires draped nearby.

                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   Yes! Plug me in, so I can text you
                   and tell you--

Miles yanks the wires free of their connectors.

                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   No! What are you doing?!

INT. HORIZON HOUSE -- THE LAB -- DAY

                             MILES
                   I'll have to scrub the back-up banks,
                   in case the Doc got a virus into
                   them. But this lab is isolated and in
                   a wifi dead zone. No way he's getting
                   back out into the real world.

                             PETER
                   Whew, thanks, Miles. That was a close
                   one.

INSERT POV -- THE LIVING BRAIN

Miles and Peter loom in the screen.

                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   What are you up to, you--! Get away
                   from my friends!

Miles exits. Peter watches him go, then turns to look down into
the view screen. His outstretched hand covers it. Then the view
screen winks out.

                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   What? No!

INT. HORIZON HOUSE -- BIG LAB --DAY

Peter plucks the Focal Energy Device off the face of The Living
Brain, cradles it with a smirk, slips it into his pocket. He
runs O.S.

                             Peter (O.S.)
                   Miles, wait up! Don't you want to
                   hear the rest of how I beat the snot
                   out of the bad guys?

END OF ACT ONE

FADE IN:

INT. THE LIVING BRAIN
All is dark, save for some stray electrical sparks, like
trailing lights left by fireflies.

                             PETER PARKER (V.O.)
                   Pull yourself together, Peter. You're
                   the only one in here who can help
                   you. Wherever "here" is, exactly.

The sparks coalesce into a ghostly outline of Peter Parker. He
looks himself over.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Okay, I've definitely felt healthier,
                   but this is a start. Is there any
                   more to me?

He shuts his eyes, flexes. A glow emanates from him,
illuminating previously invisible structures. He GASPS and opens
his eyes. The glow vanishes, leaving him in darkness.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Whoa, what was that? I feel like--

He concentrates again, this time with his eyes open. The glow
radiates outward, and his eyes and mouth widen with astonishment
as shapes light up around and behind him.

ANGLE ON THE LIVING BRAIN, INTERIOR

Imagine a cityscape coming to light and life. Walls, towers,
streets, power lines, grids, arterial traffic on the ground and
in the air. It is smooth and artificial, as though computer
generated. Think TRON.

ANGLE ON PETER

                             PETER PARKER
                        (awestruck)
                   What is this place?

POV -- THE MINDSCAPE

The camera PANS over the cityscape.

                             PETER PARKER (O.S.)
                   Is this what the inside of a computer
                   looks like, when you're inside the
                   computer?

ANGLE ON PETER

He leaps onto a wall, sticks, and runs along it. He stops to
crouch at a 90-degree angle to the ground, and the camera TILTS
to bring him right-side-up.

                             PETER PARKER
                   At least I've still got my spider
                   powers inside this place.

He runs O.S.

INTERCUT

Shots as Peter runs, jumps, flies, and webs his way from
building to building, higher and higher. On reaching a high
rooftop he walks to the edge and looks O.S. His jaw drops.

                             PETER PARKER
                   No way!

He leaps and runs up the face of an immensely tall tower, whose
top never comes into view no matter how high he climbs or how
far back the camera TILTS.

ANGLE ON ROOFTOP

Peter appears over a parapet, then turns and looks back.

ANGLE ON THE MINDSCAPE

Below, spread out, is the city. But from this vantage it makes a
definite pattern: the streets and buildings outline a picture of
Peter Parker's own face.

                             PETER PARKER (O.S.)
                   I'm not inside the computer. I am the
                   computer!

INT. HORIZON HIGH -- CLASSROOM -- DAY

Peter Parker, eyes drooping, his face resting against his hand,
stares ahead.

                             MAX MODELL (O.S.)
                   --which also equals the square-root
                   of H over A-squared, which lets us--

Peter's hand goes up.

ANGLE ON CLASSROOM

MAX MODELL stands in front of a blackboard covered in equations.
He SIGHS.

                             MAX
                   Yes, Peter?

                             PETER
                        (otto; bored)
                   Derive delta-x-delta-p, which equals
                   the square root of point-oh-seven-
                   a-squared times h-over-a-squared.

                             MAX
                   Right again, Peter.

                             PETER
                        (otto; bored)
                   Yippee.

The bell RINGS. Students rise to leave.

                             MAX
                   You will be responsible for all this
                   on the mid-term. Peter, may I speak
                   to you?

Peter, slumping with boredom, approaches Max.

                             MAX
                   Peter, I'm glad you're keeping up so
                   well with the material--

                             PETER
                        (still otto ...)
                   This is last week's news to me, Max.

                             MAX
                   But could you at least pretend to be
                   interested while giving me the right
                   answers?

Passing students give Peter ugly looks behind his back.

                             MAX
                        (continuing)
                   Because I think your attitude is
                   bothering the other students.

                             PETER
                   In point of fact, Max, I have a
                   better idea. How about--?

ANGLE ON HALLWAY

Peter notices ANYA CORAZON as she wheels the remnants of The
Living Brain past the classroom doorway on a gurney. He reacts
with shock.

                             MAX
                   Yes, Peter? What's your idea?

                             PETER
                   Oh, uh, I'll talk to you about it
                   after school!

He scampers away.

                             MAX
                   Peter, I--
                        (shakes head)
                   Why do the smartest ones always turn
                   out so arrogant?

INT. HORIZON HIGH -- HALLWAY

Peter runs up to Anya, joining her as she walks along.

                             PETER
                        (peter)
                   Hi, Anya! What are you doing with, um--?

                             ANYA
                   Moving him to the main computer lab.
                   Max wants us to--

                             PETER
                   But that's my--! That was Doctor
                   Octavius's old lab!

                             ANYA
                   Yes. We need his files to help us
                   repair the Neuro-Cortex.

                             PETER
                   Repair it?! But--!
                             ANYA
                   But what?

                             PETER
                   Uh, didn't Miles tell you--?

                             ANYA
                   Tell me what?

                             PETER
                   Oh, nothing. But I gotta go find
                   Miles. Don't do anything until we get
                   back to you!

Peter runs away. Anya calls after him.

                             ANYA
                   You were never even part of this
                   project, Parker!

INT. HORIZON HIGH -- MILES'S LAB

Miles is packing books into his bag. Peter runs in.

                             PETER
                   Miles! Anya! She's got the--!

                             MILES
                   I know, I know. Chill-ax.

                             PETER
                   But Doctor Octavius! If he's still
                   uploaded inside the--! And if she
                   hooks him up to--!

                             MILES
                   Peter, I told you to chill out.
                   Everything's gonna be okay. You need
                   to get to class before--

A school bell RINGS.

                             MILES
                        (continuing)
                   And now you're tardy.

                             PETER
                   I don't care! I don't need to go to
                   class, I already--!

                             MILES
                   It's Aeronautics, Petey, that's the
                   one class you are definitely not up
                   to flight speed in. Don't worry, I'm
                   helping Anya and Gwen. I'll make sure
                   the Big Bad Wolf doesn't get loose
                   again.

He pats Peter on the shoulder, and exits. Peter hops anxiously
from foot to foot.

INT. THE LIVING BRAIN -- MINDSCAPE -- DAY

Peter Parker runs, leaps, and soars over the cityscape, much as
he did in the real city as Spider-Man. The difference is that
this city lacks detail. The buildings are glass-like boxes, and
the traffic below -- both cars and people -- are
undifferentiated blobs.

                             PETER PARKER
                   This is the greatest! This is even
                   better than New York! And the best
                   part is--!

He swan-dives off a rooftop directly into the pavement, where he
shatters into a dust cloud. But the cloud quickly coalesces into
his body. His arms and legs and head are attached at the wrong
points, but these migrate until he is whole and hale.

                             PETER parker
                   I'm indestructible!

As he stands with arms exultantly extended in the midst of the
blob-like pedestrians, he does a double-take as HARRY OSBORNE
walks past.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Harry?

                             MEMORY-PETER (O.S.)
                   Harry!

Peter does another take as another Peter Parker (Memory-Peter)
runs after Harry, who stops in answer to the shout.

                             HARRY
                   Hey, Pete. Phew! Did you leave your
                   gym clothes in your back pack again?

                             PETER
                   Harry! When did you get back from
                   Europe?

                             MEMORY-PETER
                   So how was your first day back at
                   Mid-Town?

                             HARRY
                   Don't ask, 'kay? How was your first
                   day at Horizon?

                             PETER PARKER
                   Mid-Town? Horizon?
                        (penny drops)
                   Oh!

The other two walk off, talking ("Oh, I just met some cool
people, and today I'm getting my very own lab!" "Fantastic"),
leaving Peter to look around.

                             PETER PARKER
                   This isn't real. It's a memory.

He locks his sights onto something O.S.

INSERT POV
At the end of a long alley, a figure briefly walks into view,
then walks out of it again.

BACK TO SCENE

                             PETER PARKER
                   Uncle Ben.

A swiftly moving shadow flies over him, and is gone. Peter
reacts, looking around.

                             PETER PARKER
                   What was that?

Apparently it has gone, and Peter returns to what he was looking
at O.S., then runs after it.

ANGLE ON ALLEY

Peter runs along the alleyway. When he emerges at the other end,
he is standing in a suburban yard, with no sign of the city
behind him. In front of the open garage door, UNCLE BEN is
guiding YOUNG PETER who, in helmet and pads, is trying to
balance on a bicycle.

CLOSE ON PETER

who watches the scene with intense fascination.

INT. HORIZON HIGH -- COMPUTER LAB -- DAY

Using a winch and pulley, Miles, Anya, and GWEN STACY lift the
Neuro-Cortex from the shattered remnants of The Living Brain.

                             MILES
                   Are you sure the wifi is off?

                             ANYA
                   For the third time, Miles, yes. Why
                   are you so worried?

                             MILES
                   Peter thinks a virus must've got into
                   the L.B., that's what caused it to go
                   rogue.

                             ANYA
                   Why do we think it went rogue? Just
                   because it got into a fight with
                   Spider-Man?

                             GWEN
                   Did you program it to recognize
                   Spider-Man, Miles?

                             MILES
                   Well, uh ... No. I mean, I couldn't
                   have, right? It's not like him and I
                   hang out!

                             ANYA
                   Then we just have to make sure the
                   processors are undamaged, debug any
                   corrupt files, and--

                             MILES
                   I just think we should be careful.
                   Pete's usually got some solid
                   instincts.

The camera PANS to the ceiling, which has a skylight in it.

SPIDER-MAN peers down at them through it.

EXT. HORIZON HIGH -- ROOF -- DAY

Spider-Man crouches by the skylight.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (otto)
                   Curse the luck. I was hoping I would
                   never have call to employ these
                   threads. But under the circumstances,
                   better to appear in the guise of a
                   "public menace" than as-- Owww!

He flinches, and rubs the back of his head.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   What was that? Like getting punched
                   in the back of the head by a-- Owww!
                   Again! Quit it!

A shadow falls across him, and a klaxon SOUNDS. Spider-Man
wheels.

                             SECURITY 'BOT (O.S.)
                   Alert! Intruder on rooftop! Security to--!

Spider-Man shoots webbing, muffling the voice but not the
klaxon.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Oh, for the love of--! When did
                   Morales have time to reactivate these
                   tin cans?

ANGLE ON SECURITY 'BOT

It approaches, still trying to shout through the webbing that
covers its speaking grill.

                             SPIDER-MAN (O.S.)
                   And why didn't he ever whitelist
                   Spider-Man?

END OF ACT TWO

FADE IN:

EXT. HORIZON HIGH -- ROOFTOP -- DAY

Multiple SECURITY 'BOTS converge on Spider-Man. Klaxons SOUND.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (otto)
                   Blast it! I cannot afford to be
                   caught here like this, not by Mister
                   Morales and his friends. Time to see
                   if I acquired Parker's muscle memory
                   along with everything else!

He springs away. The 'bots turn and pursue.

Spider-Man springs about, flipping, cartwheeling and dodging the
fire from the 'bots. He comes to rest on the side of a wall.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Ha! It appears your security 'bots'
                   targeting algorithms need
                   recalibrating, Mister-- Oww!

He jumps away just before a laser bolt pits and blackens the
wall where he hung. He lands atop another wall and rubs the back
of his head.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   So that's what Parker's so-called
                   'Spider Sense' feels like. Annoying--

He dodges another laser blast.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (continuing)
                   --but effective.

He springs about, firing webs at the 'bots, covering their mouth
grills.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (still otto, despite repartee)
                   Ha! Chew on that, why don't you?

He punches a 'bot into a fast spin, like a top.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   What's got you so spun up?

He throws himself feet first at a 'bot, knocking it off the
roof. It hits the ground, crumpling into a heap. Spider-Man
covers it with webbing.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   That's one way to 'stick' a landing!

He rubs his chin.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (otto)
                   Hm. I always considered Parker's
                   penchant for quips and puns a mark of
                   low intelligence, but on reflection--
                        (peter)
                   Ha! It's kind of fun!

EXT. PARKER HOUSE -- FRONT DRIVE -- DAY

A faint bluish tinge over the scene marks it as slightly unreal,
as do the capsule-like blobs that pass down the street, like
cars.

Young Peter Parker wobbles uncertainly on the bicycle. Uncle Ben
holds the seat, and when he lets go, Peter falls off with an
"Oof!" Peter Parker stands in plain sight, watching, but the
other two don't pay attention to him.

                             YOUNG PETER
                   I'm no good at this, Uncle Ben!

                             UNCLE BEN
                   No one's good at anything the first
                   time they try, Peter.

                             YOUNG PETER
                   Why do I have to learn to ride a
                   bike?

                             UNCLE BEN
                   You don't have to do anything, Peter.
                   But you'll be happier if you learn.

                             YOUNG PETER
                   I'd rather be inside working on my
                   gearbox model.

Uncle Ben points to the pedals and chains of the bicycle.

                             UNCLE BEN
                   But don't you see, you've got one of
                   those here? You push the pedals,
                   which moves the chain, which makes
                   the wheels go round.

                             YOUNG Peter
                   Wow, you're right! I didn't think of
                   it that way!

Peter remounts the bicycle, and this time is able to pedal it
slowly in a circle.

                             PETER PARKER
                   That was your gift, Uncle Ben. You
                   always had a way of helping me see
                   things better. I wish--

He starts at a RUSTLE from a bush near the corner of the house,
and GASPS as Doc Ock's face emerges to grin at Young Peter and
Uncle Ben.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Doc Ock! No! Get away from them,
                   you--!

He flings himself at Ock, who vanishes, and Peter Parker crashes
into the side of the house, which itself fades into another
blank facade. When Peter rises again, he is back in the original
cityscape. He looks around.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Okay, so that wasn't Ock. Or was it?
                   Oh, man, this place doesn't make any
                   sense! Wait!
                        (looks around)
                   If you don't understand a thing, try
                   looking at it a different way! I wish
                   you were really here, Uncle Ben, so I
                   could thank you. And also so that--
                   Well--

Peter scampers up the side of the building that's materialized.
At the top he closes his eyes and concentrates.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Okay, so if this place has my
                   memories in it, and I go looking for
                   them--

He opens his eyes, and GASPS.

ANGLE ON THE MINDSCAPE

From on high Peter surveys the city. It is now dotted with
multiple representations of his house, of Horizon High, of
Oscorp, of the Cup o' Joe cafe, and other locations.

INTERCUT

Peter and Harry, Peter and Miles, Peter and Aunt May, Peter and
Uncle Ben, Peter and Gwen, Peter and others, at home, school, on
the street ...

                             PETER PARKER (O.S.)
                   It's every place I've ever been, with
                   everyone I've ever known. Everything
                   I've ever done, and-- No!

At every location, Doc Ock appears, crouching in a corner,
leering over a parapet, striding overhead on his robot legs.

BACK TO SCENE

                             PETER PARKER
                   He's in here with me! He can see--!
                   No!

Peter runs O.S.

EXT. MINDSCAPE -- STROMM'S LAB -- DAY

Mendel Stromm's lab, from the episode "I, Robot Master,"
recreated but open to the sky. Spider-Man is strapped strapped
to a table and wired to the Neuro-Cortex. MENDEL STROMM
gleefully watches the writhing Spider-Man, and Doc Ock watches
too with a grin.

Peter Parker approaches.

                             PETER PARKER
                   Robot Master! When he copied my
                   reflexes into the Neuro-Cortex, he
                   must have copied all my memories too!
                   And when Doc Ock downloaded himself
                   into the Neuro-Cortex--
                        (groans)
                   He found out everything about me!

CLOSE ON PETER PARKER

                             PETER PARKER
                   No wonder he knew that I was--

His face and form ripple, and Peter Parker changes into Spider-Man.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (continuing)
                   --Spider-Man!

The camera PULLS back to a radical distance.

EXT. MINDSCAPE -- NIGHT

Spider-Man, standing atop a rooftop. All around him is New York
City. It is a war zone, with multiple Spider-Men fighting
Scorpion, the Lizard, Spider Slayers, Rhino, Jackal, and other foes.

Over the lip of the horizon, like an enormous planet, rises the
leering face of Doc Ock, gleefully studying the mayhem below.

EXT. NEW YORK CITY -- DAY

A security 'bot slams backward into a wall, cratering it.
Spider-Man drops into the scene, to admire his handiwork.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (peter)
                   Oo! That's gonna leave a mark!

He leaps away just before a laser bolt flies at where he's
standing. It misses him and explodes the first 'bot.
intercut SPIDER-MAN and security 'bot as he leaps from
surface to surface, dodging fire, while it spins and shoots at him.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Am I over here? Or over here? How
                   about here? No, here?

ANGLE ON 'BOT

as Spider-Man lands atop it. He covers its sensors with his
hands.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Guess who!

He rips an arm off it and starts whaling at the 'bot's head with it.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting
                   yourself! Stop hitting your--!

A web string shoots in from O.S., snagging and ripping the arm
from Spider-Man's grasp.

ANGLE ON SPIDER-MILES

as SPIDER-MILES catches it.

                             SPIDER-MILES
Peter! What are you doing, man?

Spider-Man tears the head off a 'bot. It BUZZES as it short-
circuits.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   What does it look I'm--? Oh!

                             SPIDER-MILES
                   These are my security 'bots! Until we
                   get L.B. fixed and back on his feet--

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   L.B.!

He grabs Spider-Miles by the throat.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                        (continuing)
                   You haven't brought him back on line,
                   have you?

                             SPIDER-MILES
                        (choking)
                   Pete! Let! ... Go!

Spider-Man releases him and runs O.S. Spider-Miles calls after him.

                             SPIDER-MILES
                   Are you sure L.B.'s the only one that
                   picked up a malfunction last night?

EXT. MINDSCAPE -- NIGHT

Spider-Man watches the battles raging around him. But he ignores
them, to muse to himself.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   There was a copy of me inside the
                   Neuro-Cortex when Doc Ock downloaded
                   himself into it. But if he was in
                   here too ...

He turns and catches a reflection of himself inside a mirrored
surface. He frowns, and his form wavers, turning back into Peter
Parker. The battles are wiped out too. One, two more changes,
back to Spider-Man and back to Peter Parker. Each time, the
scene changes to an appropriate backdrop -- peace or
superheroics.

Then Peter's form changes to that of Otto Octavius. His eyes
widen, and he looks around.

ANGLE ON MINDSCAPE

Now it is Otto Octavius, in various forms, who populates the city.

BACK TO SCENE

                             OTTO OCTAVIUS
                        (peter; but Otto's voice)
                   Huh! Doc left his memories behind
                   too! Which means if he left a
                   backdoor, so he could get in and
                   out--

He sprouts robot legs, and strides away.

ANGLE ON PORTAL

A great, glowing door opens directly into and through the side
of the dome-like sky. Otto Octavius approaches.

                             OTTO OCTAVIUS
                   There it is. And it looks like
                   someone's been thoughtful enough to
                   establish a connection to another
                   network.

The ground shakes, and buildings start to totter. At the street,
the representations of Otto Octavius look up, startled, and wink
out, one by one.

                             OTTO OCTAVIUS
                   And not a moment too soon. Looks like
                   someone is starting to purge the
                   Neuro-Cortex of all its data.
                   Including me, if I don't get out of
                   here!

On his robot legs he gallops toward the portal, and disappears
through it.

INT. HORIZON HIGH -- COMPUTER LAB

Spider-Man, Spider-Miles, Gwen, and Anya stand around the Neuro-
Cortex. Anya has her arms crossed.

                             ANYA
                   I still don't think this is
                   necessary.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Are you saying I don't know what I'm
                   talking about?

                             ANYA
                   I just don't understand how Doctor
                   Octavius could have downloaded
                   himself into the Neuro-Cortex. It's
                   supposed to be impossible.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   He was a genius.

                             GWEN
                   Then isn't this basically murder?
                   Shouldn't we--?

Her hands goes to a control panel, but Spider-Man covers her
hand with his.

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   Gwen, you have to trust me. I was
                   fighting with him, and he was talking
                   to me the whole time. It wasn't him,
                   not anymore. The process must have
                   driven him insane! It wasn't Otto
                   Octavius anymore. It was just a mind
                   virus.

Gwen looks doubtful.
                             SPIDER-MAN
                   The man you admired doesn't exist
                   anymore. If he was in the Neuro-
                   Cortex, this is the only way to give
                   him some peace.

Gwen lowers her eyes, but withdraws her hand. But Anya looks
unimpressed.

                             ANYA
                   How do you know Gwen's name?

                             SPIDER-MAN
                   What? Oh! Uh ... Whoops! There's my
                   Spider-sense going off again, someone
                   must be about to rob a bank!

Spider-Man webs upward, O.S.
                             SPIDER-MILES
                   Whoops, my Spider-sense is going off                    too.

He follows Spider-Man.

EXT. HORIZON HIGH -- ROOFTOP -- NIGHT

Spider-Miles lands on the roof and looks around. Peter Parker
steps out from behind a wall and puts a hand on Miles's
shoulder.

                             PETER
                   Miles! Thanks for helping out back
                   there, buddy.

Spider-Miles whips off his mask.

                             SPIDER-MILES
                   No problem, Pete. But, uh, do you
                   really think we had to wipe him out?

                             PETER
                   I'm sure of it, Miles. We definitely
                   had to get rid of whoever it was
                   inside the Neuro-Cortex.

A shadow falls across his face.

                             PETER
                        (continuing)
                   He was just too dangerous to leave on
                   the loose.

INT. MASTER PLANNER'S LAIR -- NIGHT

A bare warehouse, dark, with crude benches as the only place to
sit. But HIPPO and PANDA are sitting on the floor, leaning
against each other as they sleep, SNORING. A flickering light
disturbs them. Hippo opens one eye, then leaps up. Panda falls
over with an "OOF." Hippo shifts nervously from foot to foot.

                             HIPPO
                   Uh, Panda?

Panda sits up. She stares O.S. at the same thing Hippo is
staring at.

ANGLE ON TELESCREEN

The fuzzy, indistinct form of THE MASTER PLANNER gazes down at them.

                             THE MASTER PLANNER
                   Well... This is an unexpected plot
                   twist.

FADE TO WHITE.

DISSOLVE TO BLACK.

TEXT ON SCREEN: TO BE CONTINUED ...

FADE OUT.

Next: "S02E15 "Outside the Box"" 

"Spider-Man Commentary: A New Life for an Old"