- Terry McGinnis: There's something I gotta tell you...
- Mrs. Mary McGinnis: After the show, dear.
- Terry McGinnis: No, it can't wait. I... I'm... Batman.
- [Mary and Matt both laugh hysterically in response]
- Terry McGinnis: Seriously, I am!
- Mrs. Mary McGinnis: Honey, please.
- Matthew 'Matt' McGinnis: Hey, it's coming on!
- TV Announcer: Today's edition of Inside Peek has been postponed due to technical difficulties, please stay tuned for an encore presentation of...
- [Matt turns off the TV]
- Matthew 'Matt' McGinnis: Postponed? Why'd they do that?
- Mrs. Mary McGinnis: Maybe Ian Peek lost his nerve.
- Terry McGinnis: Somehow, I doubt that.
- Terry McGinnis: Sounds like something's happening at City Hall.
- Bruce Wayne: City Hall? Better be careful.
- Terry McGinnis: Always am.
- Bruce Wayne: Yes, but you've never had to face politicians before.
- Sneak Peek: They're nothing to worry about, I'm untouchable.
- Batman: That's exactly what I think, untouchable.
- [decloaks and walks over to Ian Peek]
- Sneak Peek: [to the crewman next to him] Don't you have a boot to lick?
- [the crewman quickly leaves and Ian looks back to Batman]
- Sneak Peek: You were saying?
- Batman: What I'm saying is you or someone who works for you figured out a way of moving through walls.
- Sneak Peek: Moving through walls? If I could do that, I'd be a very rich reporter.
- Batman: You *are.*
- Batman: [after Ian Peek, after losing control of his ability to become intangible, sinks through the basement floor of the building, laughing maniacally for a short time, then makes one last scream before sinking all the way through] What's gonna happen to him?
- Bruce Wayne: My guess, he'll keep right on falling until he reaches the center of the Earth. It's about as inside as you can get.
- Bruce Wayne: I always assumed I'd be found out sooner or later. It's just galling that a piece of garbage like Peek had to be the one.
- Bruce Wayne: I knew him well; Nobuo Taka. He developed a theory called vibraspace. He thought atoms and molecules could be made to vibrate in such a way that they could pass right through each other.
- Terry McGinnis: Like that guy from the other night. But what would Taka want from that Tong gangster?
- Bruce Wayne: Taka died years ago. There was a fire. It destroyed all his research, too.
- Ian Peek: It's some sort of cavern or cave, but what it really is is a bizarre museum, a museum filled with mementoes of a nearly-forgotten crusade against crime. Its chief curator is this man. You know him as Batman, but he has another identity, one that I'll reveal tonight on "The Inside Peek."
- Matt McGinnis: [watching on TV] Schway.
- Ian Peek: But that's not all. You'll also see the face of Batman's mysterious friend, and you'll find out what part he played in Gotham's greatest secret. A once-in-a-lifetime event, only here, only tonight!
- Bruce Wayne: Why did you call me here?
- Sneak Peek: I can't control it anymore. And it's happening without the belt.
- [camera focuses on his abdomen becoming intangible]
- Bruce Wayne: What do you want from me?
- Sneak Peek: My body is losing its substance. You have the resources. That company, all those scientists.
- Bruce Wayne: There are other companies.
- Sneak Peek: Yes, but Taka worked for yours.
- Bruce Wayne: What does he have to do with this?
- Sneak Peek: I was the last one to interview him.
- Bruce Wayne: Taka would never have talked to someone like you...
- Sneak Peek: You'd be surprised how obsequious someone like me can be when I need to. I have Taka's files and research right in there.
- [points to the counter]
- Sneak Peek: I even have the belt he made.
- Bruce Wayne: [Grabs him by the shirt] You stole it! You're the one who started the fire!
- Sneak Peek: [Pushes him off] I had to have it! To him it was just some experiment but to me it was power... a chance to kick my career into high gear!
- [Bruce walks away as the intangible part starts to spread]
- Sneak Peek: You can't leave, you gotta help me!
- [Grabs Bruce by the shoulder]
- Bruce Wayne: [turns to face him] Give me one good reason!
- Sneak Peek: I know your secret, I know who you used to be!
- [at that moment, his head becomes intangible]
- Bruce Wayne: [with a smirk] You're losing your head!
- [starts walking away again]
- Sneak Peek: Wait!
- [pulls a disc out of his coat pocket]
- Sneak Peek: Here it is! The only unedited footage from the cave, no one's seen it but me!
- [Bruce doesn't respond]
- Sneak Peek: Take it!
- [Throws the disc at him, he doesn't turn around]
- Sneak Peek: Rragh!
- [Puts him in an arm lock and they struggle until Batman shows up and knocks him a distance, by then, all but his arms and legs are intangible, he picks up a gun and fires a few shots at Batman, one hits the ceiling and bits of it fall onto Bruce and Batman. They climb out of the rubble, then he smirks and aims the gun at them then it suddenly falls out of his hand as he becomes entirely intangible and stars to sink through the floor]
- Sneak Peek: Wha? Huh? Aaah! Help! Help meeeeee!
- [as he goes all the way through the floor]
- Bruce Wayne: Looks like there's only one force left that has any effect on him. Gravity.
- Batman: [last lines, after Ian Peek sinks through the floor of the basement of the building after losing control of his ability to become intangible, laughing maniacally and making one last scream before going all the way through] What's gonna happen to him?
- Bruce Wayne: My guess, he'll keep right on falling until he reaches the center of the Earth. It's about as inside as you can get.
- Terry McGinnis: There's this thing on the web.
- Bruce Wayne: I know. They've been running it twice an hour since before dawn.
- Terry McGinnis: How did he...?
- Bruce Wayne: He planted a camera in the Batmobile.
- Terry McGinnis: No.
- Bruce Wayne: I just found it.
- Mary McGinnis: Terry! I was afraid you were gonna miss it.
- Terry McGinnis: Miss what?
- Matt McGinnis: You know, "The Inside Peek." Everybody at school's talking about it.
- Mary McGinnis: And at work, too.
- Terry McGinnis: Aren't you the one who didn't want us watching this? Uh, you said I wouldn't find it so entertaining if I was on the receiving end.
- Mary McGinnis: Yeah, well, what do I know?
- Ian Peek: I was half-expecting you. Come on in... Terry. Once I saw that the old guy was Bruce Wayne, it wasn't hard to figure out who you were. He was the original Batman, wasn't he? Wasn't he?
- Terry McGinnis: I don't care what you do to me, but he doesn't deserve this. He's done too much for this city to wind up in the middle of a media circus.
- Ian Peek: He means a lot to you, doesn't he?
- Terry McGinnis: Yeah, he does.
- Ian Peek: I believe you. I really do. That's the trouble with this business. You meet so many liars, you forget what sincerity sounds like. Want to say it all again while I've got the camera running?
- Ian Peek: Gangsters: they act like big men, until they turn into rats. That's what Tong lowlife Jimmy Lin just did, and I've got the tape. Here he is spilling his guts to D.A. Sam Young about the Tong's involvement in gambling, weapons sales.
- Jimmy Lin: You sure nobody's going to find out about this? If my friends in the Tong hear that I'm talking about them to the cops...
- Sam Young: This room's been swept for bugs, twice, and you've seen my security staff.
- Jimmy Lin: You don't know the Tong.
- Sam Young: That's why you're here, Mr. Lin, so I can learn more about them. But if you'd prefer to face your tax evasion charges, I can arrange that, too.
- Matt McGinnis: [Terry is watching "Inside Peek"] What are they doing?
- Terry McGinnis: [trying to cover his eyes] This isn't for you.
- Matt McGinnis: Oh... I wanna see! I wanna see!
- [as Terry starts to chase him around the room, the TV is turned off]
- Terry McGinnis, Matt McGinnis: Hey!
- Mary McGinnis: I don't want you watching this.
- Terry McGinnis: See? I told you.
- Mary McGinnis: I was talking to both of you.
- Terry McGinnis: Come on. It's just entertainment.
- Mary McGinnis: You wouldn't find it so entertaining if you were on the receiving end.
- Ian Peek: Hello, Gotham, I'm Ian Peek, and on tonight's very special "Inside Peek", I've got gossip to shock your socks off. But first, this question. Who is boxing trainer Jack Turley coaching after hours? Hmm? Would you believe the champ's girlfriend?
- [watching on TV, Turley spits out his bite of sandwich]
- Ian Peek: I'd watch out, Jack. She's a knockout in more ways than one.
- [the door bursts open, and Turley gulps as his client stands in the doorway]
- Ian Peek: And then there's rocker Jamie Jerald. She must know that splicing's against the law, yet here she is just a day ago, meeting with one of the town's most notorious genetic suppliers. Maybe hard rockin' Jamie's out to become the real dragon lady in the music biz.
- [watching on TV, Jerald wags a reptile-like tongue]
- Ian Peek: And now for our headline story, the strange case of Paxton Powers. Remember him? We haven't heard much from Paxie boy since he took over Wayne-Powers from his blighted father. Maybe it's because Pax has been side-tracked by, uh, personal issues? Looks like he's making up for all that time he wasted in the boonies.