[Suspenseful instrumental music]
[Music swells]
[Fast-paced, tense instrumental music]
BANNER: There's simply no way to shield against every weaponized agent.
But I can make super-immune systems...
by strengthening the human cellular response.
Banner, I know where you're going.
But manipulating the immune system is dangerous and stupid.
The President's science advisors made it absolutely clear.
No human subjects.
EDITH: David, I have wonderful news.
I'm gonna have a baby.
[Edith groaning]
[Edith yelling]
[Dramatic instrumental music]
[Tense instrumental music]
[Baby crying]
[Soothing female vocals]
[Baby babbling]
BANNER: What's it gonna be? Look at that.
Want the dinosaur? Come on, let's have a little fight. Come on.
You don't scare me.
[Bruce growling]
BANNER: That's a delicious eyeball.
You're big and green and scary. I'll run away.
[Tense instrumental music]
[Women chatting]
Bruce, you're hurt.
Jack hit him with the stick, but Bruce wouldn't hit him back.
He just stood there, shaking.
EDITH: It's okay.
[Gentle instrumental music]
FRIEND: Strange he didn't make a peep.
Any other kid would've wailed his head off.
That's Bruce. He's like that. He's just so bottled up.
The samples we found in your lab, they were human blood.
You've ignored protocol.
You had no right snooping around in my lab.
-That's my business. -Wrong, Banner.
It's government business and you're off the project.
[Fast-paced instrumental music]
Attention, all personnel! Fail-safe has been initiated.
Gamma decontamination will occur in 30 minutes.
Evacuate immediately. I repeat...
evacuate immediately!
[Siren wailing]
Edith.
-David, what's going on? -I gotta talk to you, Edith.
EDITH: Bruce, stay here.
EDITH: What are you doing?
[Soft, tense instrumental music]
[Thumping]
[Shouting]
[Growling]
[Edith and Banner arguing]
EDITH: David, please stop it! No!
[Edith and Banner yelling]
MRS. KRENZLER: Bruce, wake up, son.
Bruce. Bruce.
Another nightmare?
I don't know. I don't remember.
BRUCE: Hi, Mom.
Already off to college.
-I'm gonna miss you terribly. -I'll miss you, too.
Please, come here.
Look at you. Soon to be a great scientist.
BRUCE: I guess. I mean, who knows? MRS. KRENZLER: I do.
There's something inside you so special.
Some kind of greatness, I'm sure. Someday you're gonna...
share it with the whole world.
Berkeley Nuclear Biotechnology Institute
As far as I'm concerned, security ought to be....
Good morning, Dr. Krenzler.
Security ought to be beefed up a lot more.
In a place like this, you can't be too careful.
HARPER: Bruce.
Big day. Did you sleep? I didn't sleep.
-I slept okay. Is Betty here? -She's around.
I really got to say, seeing you in that styling headwear....
You implying something about my helmet?
You look like a massive nerd, even around other scientists.
Can I just ask?
Were you wearing the helmet while she dumped you?
See, it protects my very important brain, Harper.
Go prep the samples.
Hey, I found you.
Betty, hey!
-I hate them. -I just got here. Who do we hate?
The review board. We have to make a presentation on Tuesday.
And you're gonna make it with me.
-You think I should? -Yeah, you're great with that stuff.
You start talking about microbes and nanomeds...
you sound almost passionate.
Sorry. That was rude.
Look, nobody expects this to be easy...
us working together after being so close.
We were close?
BRUCE: If I could be more...
whatever, you know. I'm just....
Don't. It's not your fault, really.
You're just a byproduct of my inexplicable obsession...
with emotionally distant men.
I'll get over us.
Good for you.
Anyway, I'm just really stressed about this review.
If we don't get impressive results, we'll have a hard sell on Tuesday.
Then let's go be impressive.
Harper.
-Ready when you are. -Let's hit it.
[Beeping]
Are we passing inspection?
Safeties all going green. Countdown started.
Nanomeds released.
Four seconds.
BETTY: Okay. Nanomeds fully dispersed.
Okay. Let's hit Freddie with the gamma radiation.
[Tense instrumental music]
[Machine whirring]
Gamma exposure.
Nanomeds now active.
HARPER: Nanomeds replicating cells on border.
It's working.
HARPER: Cell copy-to-disassemble ratio holding within 1%.
HARPER: Imbalanced nanomed activity.
You want to tell the review board that we've developed...
a brand-new method for exploding frogs?
Yeah. I think maybe there's a market for it.
What if there's a plague?
What have you had, Betty, like one beer?
I'm just saying, you know, frogs start falling from the sky...
who do they come to?
BETTY: We'd be world-renowned. BRUCE: Make any parent proud.
I bet they would be.
BRUCE: They actually did want me to be a scientist.
I mean your birth parents.
BRUCE: I guess we'll never know.
I don't understand why you don't want to find out about them.
They're dead. They died before I could remember anything, any....
Why do you always come back to this?
I don't know.
I guess I figure there's more to you than you like to show.
I guess there couldn't be any less.
Right. So now we come full circle back to that.
Nice work, Betty.
[Soft instrumental music]
Betty.
Glenn.
BETTY: Hi. TALBOT: Hi.
-What happened to your uniform? -I switched over.
I'm still working with your father...
but the military's subcontracting the most interesting work...
and I can't argue with the paycheck.
I basically run all the labs on the base now.
You're looking good.
...you're the genetics expert.
TALBOT: The good old college days.
So, how's business?
What do you want?
All right, I'll cut to the chase.
I've heard interesting things about what you guys are doing.
Your little molecular machines have some incredible implications.
How'd you like to come work for Atheon...
get paid 10 times as much as you are now...
and own a piece of the patents?
TALBOT: You just have to say the word. BETTY: Two words: the door.
-General? -Come in.
Talbot wanted you to see this, sir.
It's about a lab Atheon is targeting to acquire and move to Desert Base.
Why isn't he going through NSC?
It concerns your daughter, sir.
What happened to Benny? He's not working the night shift?
JANITOR: Benny's dead. I'm the new guy.
BETTY: Good to meet you. JANITOR: Same.
[Melancholy instrumental music]
BRUCE: Let's try another. BETTY: No, stay here.
-I look tired anyway. -Yeah, but you look great.
[Birds chirping]
BRUCE: What's the matter?
It's these dreams, Doctor. I keep having them and they're terrible.
Tell me about your dream.
It starts...
with a memory. I think it's my first memory.
It's this image I have...
from when I was maybe two years old.
[Soft instrumental music]
BRUCE: Do you think it's just a dream?
No, I think it's something that happened...
when I was living at a desert base with my father.
BETTY: [Voice-over] Anyhow, the dream goes on...
and suddenly I'm alone.
That's terrible. You know I'd never hurt you.
[Solemn instrumental music]
[Dog panting]
Hey there.
What's your name, darling?
Okay. It's okay.
[Dog growling]
[Key turning in lock]
[Ominous instrumental music]
[Typing]
[Eerie instrumental music]
BANNER: I gotta talk to you, Edith. EDITH: Bruce, stay here.
[Bruce cries out]
[Dog barks in distance]
[Ominous instrumental music]
[Rhythmic instrumental music]
BANNER: C, T, G, A...
G.
Bruce.
My Bruce.
Morning. Glenn dropped by.
BRUCE: What's he doing here? TALBOT: You know, Dr. Krenzler...
we've never had the chance to get to know each other properly.
It's because I don't want to get to know you, properly or improperly.
[Pager beeping]
BRUCE: So leave.
Hey, no worries.
You know, let me give you a little heads up.
There is a hair's breadth between friendly offer and hostile takeover.
I've done my homework. The work you're doing here is dynamite.
Think: Gl's embedded with technology...
that makes them instantly repairable on the battlefield...
in our sole possession.
-That's a hell of a business. -It's not what we're doing here.
We're doing the basic science for everyone.
You know, someday I'm gonna write a book and I'm gonna call it:
"When Stupid Ideals Happen to Smart Penniless Scientists."
In the meantime, Bruce, you will be hearing from me.
[Ominous instrumental music]
-About Glenn. -There's nothing to talk about.
I just wanted to say, don't worry about him.
I'll handle it.
How?
I'm gonna call my father.
Ask him to exert some pressure.
Last I heard, you and your father weren't speaking.
I guess now I have something to talk with him about.
HARPER: I think this circuit's fried. I don't know.
Maybe you want to come take a look at it.
Okay, I'll be right there.
[Harper yells]
[Harper panting]
[Machine whirring]
The gamma's too high! Bruce, I can't stop it!
Harper, get out!
Get out!
[Machine whirring loudly]
[Door opening]
-How's Harper? -He's all right.
You saved him.
I don't think he's coming back to the lab for a while, though.
I don't understand how this is possible.
You should be dead.
They worked.
The nanomeds.
I feel great. I feel like...
I don't know, they must have fixed me.
They've killed everything else that they've come in contact with.
Are you sure the doctor checked--
The doctor gave me the full workup.
He wants to know where he can get what I'm taking.
I'm 100%.
More.
-What do you mean? -Remember my bad knee?
Now it's my good knee.
Bruce, this isn't funny.
I was watching you.
You were gonna die and I was gonna have to watch you die.
I'm sorry.
Really.
I am not gonna explode, okay?
[Sobbing] Yeah.
BRUCE: You should get some rest.
I'm fine, really.
I've never felt better.
[Soft instrumental music]
[Eerie instrumental music]
[Soft instrumental music]
[Dog whimpering]
Your name is not Krenzler. It's Banner.
BRUCE: What? BANNER: Your name. It's Banner.
Bruce Banner.
BRUCE: How did you get in here? BANNER: I work here now.
In the labs. The late shift.
It keeps me close to you.
You always work so late yourself with your friend, Miss Ross.
No, please. Let me.
You're not well.
You've had a terrible accident.
You're wondering why you're still alive.
You're thinking there's something inside.
Something different.
Inexplicable.
I can help you understand, if you let me.
If you'll...
forgive me.
Look, mister...
I'm sure I have nothing to forgive you for...
so perhaps you should leave now. I'll be fine.
BANNER: You must know.
You may not want to believe it, but I can see it...
in your eyes.
So much like your mother's.
Of course you're my flesh and blood...
but then you're something else, too, aren't you?
My physical son...
but the child of my mind, too.
No. You're lying.
My parents died when I was a small boy.
No, that's not true.
That's what they wanted you to believe.
The experiments, the accident, all top-secret.
They put me away for 30 years. 30 years.
Away from you. Away from our work.
But they couldn't keep me forever. I'm sane. They had to admit it.
You see...
everything your extraordinary mind...
has been seeking all these years...
it's been inside you.
Now we will understand it. We will harness it.
[Telephone ringing]
BANNER: Don't answer. It's Miss Ross again.
There's something you need to know about her, Bruce...
something troublesome.
BANNER: Let me protect you from her.
No. Get out.
[Shouting] Get out!
Sit!
[Dogs growling]
We're gonna have to watch that temper of yours.
[Machine whistles]
[Dogs whimpering]
[Rat growling ferociously]
BETTY: Sure you're okay? BRUCE: Yeah, just glad to be out of bed.
I got a message from my father. He's coming to see me.
BRUCE: Your father? When?
He lands in about an hour.
BETTY: [Voice-over] The funny thing is, he called me.
BETTY: Hi, Dad. ROSS: Hello, Betty.
WAITRESS: Here, ma'am. BETTY: Thanks.
WAITRESS: You're welcome. Sir.
ROSS: Thank you. WAITRESS: You're welcome.
-Look, I'm gonna get right to it. -It's about Glenn, isn't it?
He's been snooping around my lab.
Glenn noticed some things. He asked me to make some inquiries.
BETTY: Are you here to question me? ROSS: No.
We've turned up some surprising things.
This Krenzler you work with...
do you know who he really is?
How much do you actually know about him?
I think the question is...
what is it that you know about him?
I'm not at liberty to--
Not at liberty to disclose it to me. Right.
You know, I think I was hoping...
that maybe this time you just honestly wanted to see me again.
You've got this all wrong, Betty.
BETTY: Do l? ROSS: Yes.
I do want to see you.
I really wish that I could believe you.
[Dramatic instrumental music]
BANNER: [Voice-over] Everything your extraordinary mind...
has been seeking all these years...
it's been inside you.
[Telephone ringing]
[Panting]
BRUCE: [On machine] This is Dr. Krenzler.
Please leave a message and I'll call you right back.
[Answering machine beeps]
BETTY: Bruce, hey. Are you there?
[Bruce breathing heavily]
Look, I think I screwed up.
My father, it's like he suspects you of something.
[Thumping]
I was so impatient, like always...
I didn't hear him out. I don't know.
I just think they're planning something with the lab.
[Growls]
So call me, okay? Bye.
[Tense instrumental music swells]
BRUCE: Betty!
[Growling]
[Dramatic instrumental music]
[Bruce groaning]
[Bruce screaming]
[Roaring]
[Growling]
GUARD: Dispatch! We have a 4-15 at the lab!
GUARD: Send the Berkeley P.D. now!
[Dramatic instrumental music continues]
[Heaving]
[Siren wailing]
[Hulk grunting]
[Hulk roars]
[Hulk growling]
[Policeman yelling]
EDITH: What's going on?
BANNER: I gotta talk to you. EDITH: Bruce, stay here.
[Hulk growling angrily]
[Banner yelping]
[Hulk roaring]
[Tense instrumental music swells]
[Sobbing]
My Bruce.
[Knocking at door]