HELLUVA BOSS Season 3 DC EDITION

HELLUVA BOSS – SEASON 3, EPISODE X Title: “Cathedral of Shadows” COLD OPEN EXT. LUX CATHEDRAL – BLOOD MOON NIGHT A shattered cathedral looms jagged against a blood-red sky. Thunder cracks. Lightning flashes over gargoyles broken into twisted shapes. Inside: a cloaked figure stalks the wreckage. Dark Blue armor, cracked and scorched, clinks softly with each step. A tattered cape trails behind. His halo flickers, fractured, like a dying light bulb. Two pointed cat ears poke through the hood. SOUND DESIGN: Organ drones echo, distorted, before cutting to silence. STOLAS (V.O., sarcastic): “Once upon a bloody time, there was a holy knight. Feline, furry, fanatical. A Crusader Ghost Cat who clawed through Hell’s filth with righteous zeal… until he vanished. Now, some i***t has decided to ring his little bell again. And who gets the invite? Oh yes. I.M.P.” LIGHTNING STRIKES → SMASH CUT TO: INT. I.M.P OFFICE – NIGHT The CLIENT — a pompous, round demon priest in over-ornamented robes — slams a sack of hell-currency on Blitzo’s desk. CLIENT: “He is vengeance. He is a blight upon sinners. The Ghost CRUSADER Cat! He haunts Lux Cathedral, hunting the damned. We don't know his real name but they called him the Arch Dark Crusade! He must be destroyed!” BLITZO (squinting, leaning back): “…Wait. You’re paying us for some Scooby Doo s**t? What, do I pull the hood off this cat ghost and find Old Man Jenkins under there?” CLIENT (furious): “This is no children’s tale! He is real!” BLITZO: “Right. Real. Next thing you’ll tell me he’s got a sidekick Great Dane and a mystery van. Do you hear yourself?” LOONA (eyes still glued to her phone): “Blitz, ghosts kill. They’re not mascots. You couldn’t even handle a normal cat, remember the vet trip?” BLITZO (snapping at her): “That cat started it! He had murder in his whiskers!” MILLIE (cheerful, perky): “Ooh! Haunted cathedral fight night! Sounds romantic!” MOXXIE (horrified): “Romantic?! No, Millie, this is a cursed, decrepit church filled with holy revenants that will kill us!” BLITZO (snatching up the money, grinning): “And that’s why it pays, Mox. Now pack your bags — we’re going Scooby-ing!” CLIENT(serious): "You'll find him at the Old Lux Cathedral located near Old Imp city. But beware, many have tried but they end up traumatize only you guys can put an end to his Crusade. (I.M.P crew agrees leaving the Client with Stolas their secretary in charge of watching them) SOUND DESIGN: A faint, warped church bell tolls as the camera zooms out. EXT. LUX CATHEDRAL – LATER The cathedral doors loom, half-rotted. The air is thick with mist. Moonlight gleams off shattered stained glass like jagged fangs. MOXXIE (wrinkling his nose): “Ugh. Smells like moldy nuns.” MILLIE (sniffing with excitement): “Smells like adventure!” LOONA (dryly): “Smells like tetanus. And Blitz’s terrible ideas.” BLITZO (posing at the door): “Quiet, minions! Tonight, we ghost-bust! Or, y’know, die screaming. Either way.” The cathedral doors creak open on their own. Darkness yawns inside. INT. LUX CATHEDRAL – POV SEQUENCE Up in the rafters, Daniel crouches. His eyes glow an unholy blue. His claws scrape wood. He watches. Waits. DANIEL (V.O., low, rasping): “Demons sent to profane holy ground. Let their sins be measured.” MILLIE POV: She wanders near a confessional booth, giggling. MILLIE (whispering): “Bless me, Father, for I’m about to kick some ass.” The door creaks open. She peeks inside. WHOOSH — something yanks her in. Claws flash. Silence. Empty aisle. MOXXIE POV: Tiptoeing with gun drawn. The faint sound of a violin echoes through the empty chapel. MOXXIE (nervous): “Okay… not creepy at all. Just some cursed violins, totally fine—” He turns. Daniel stands at the far end of the aisle, cape billowing. MOXXIE (screaming): “AHHHHH!” Lights flicker — then cut out. LOONA POV: Outside, pacing beneath the bell tower, phone still in hand. LOONA (muttering): “Reddit creepypasta vibes. Hate it.” The bell tolls violently. She looks up. Daniel is right behind her. LOONA (snarling, dropping her phone): “You’re dead meat, whiskers.” She lunges, claws out. Daniel parries, cape whipping around her like a snare. They clash — her feral strikes against his precise knightly movements. A brief predator vs predator struggle. He overpowers, binding her in shadowed steel. Her growl fades as the screen blacks. BLITZO POV – ALTAR HALL Blitzo staggers into the altar hall. Candles ignite one by one, illuminating the long aisle. BLITZO (panicked, muttering): “Totally fine. Just me, in church, hunted by a furry Batman with a Jesus kink. This is my life.” Daniel emerges from the shadows, cape sweeping, armor glinting. DANIEL (calm, deep rasp): “You are not like the others. Reckless. Fractured. But… not beyond light.” BLITZO (snapping, gun raised): “Oh great. The ghost kitty is gonna psychoanalyze me. Do I look like I need therapy?!” He FIRES. Bullets pass through Daniel’s chest like smoke. DANIEL: “I’ve judged hearts blacker than ash. Yours is chaos. Yet… not lost.” Behind him, the team is tied to pews, unconscious but unharmed. BLITZO (staring): “…Seriously? Tying people up? What is this, spooky Fifty Shades?” Daniel doesn’t react. He looms closer. DANIEL: “I was slain for mercy. Now I only judge. But you… stir with something else.” BLITZO (voice cracking, softer): “…Why let us go?” DANIEL (fading into shadow): “Because I remember what it was… to care.” WHOOSH. He vanishes. INT. I.M.P OFFICE – NEXT DAY The crew is groggy, sprawled in chairs. The CLIENT’s face appears on the communicator. CLIENT: “Well? Is the Ghost Crusader Cat destroyed?” BLITZO (smiling too wide): “Totally! Dead as disco. Cross him off the cryptid list, baby.” CLIENT: “Excellent. Payment sent. I shall summon more soon.” LOONA (flat, scrolling again): “That guy’s gonna die screaming. Can’t wait.” MOXXIE (haunted, twitching): “I still hear violins. When I blink. When I breathe.” MILLIE (perky): “Best mission EVER!” Blitzo glances out the window. Far off, silhouetted on a steeple: Daniel watches. The figure fades into mist. TAG – LATE NIGHT Storm outside. The office is quiet. Loona sits with her phone. SOUND DESIGN: Lights flicker. Wind rattles the window. The. Tapping can be heard from the Window when Blitz was checking he had a Pistol snuck into his pocket and swiftly opened it with his gun aimed it the window but nothing. That's when ARCH DARK CRUSADE appears out of the Darkness. DANIEL (O.S., calm, low): “Did he take the bait?” Everyone JUMPS. Blitzo whirls. Daniel stands inside, silent, cape draped, eyes burning. BLITZO (yelling): “DUDE! Stop ninja-Batman-ing into my office! We don’t have ghost insurance!” MOXXIE (hyperventilating): “He means the client, doesn’t he?! That smug priest bastard?!” DANIEL (nodding): “Greed blinds him. Others will come. When they do… I’ll be watching.” MILLIE (grinning, c*****g her gun): “So we were bait? Hot.” LOONA (deadpan): “Still creepy.” Daniel scans them, eyes softer now. DANIEL: “I judged your hearts. I found something rare in Hell… something worth sparing.” BLITZO (almost sincere, muttering): “…Thanks, whiskers.” WHOOSH. He vanishes. Curtains flap. A faintly glowing blue feather rests on the sill. BLITZO (half-smile, shaking his head): “He’s Batman with nine lives… and Catholic trauma.” SOUND DESIGN: One final church bell toll. FADE OUT cue to Helluva Boss Intro appearing then End Credits