Batman Beyond (TV Series)

Sneak Peek (2000)

Michael McKean: Ian Peek

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Quotes 

• 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.*

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.