Supergirl (TV Series)
What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? (2019)
Melissa Benoist: Kara Danvers, Supergirl
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Quotes
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Nia Nal : Did I cover okay about training and everything? Did I blow it?
Kara Danvers : No, no! I'm still getting used to lying to Alex, too. And don't worry, you'll get better at the whole "sneaking out" thing. The key is subtlety.
[the elevator doors open to reveal Brainy, trying too hard to look inconspicuous]
Kara Danvers : Case in point.
Nia Nal : Hi, Brainy.
Querl Dox : [quietly] It's Barney.
Kara Danvers : Barney?
Querl Dox : Yes, Barney. Thought it best we keep a low profile, considering where we're going.
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Supergirl : I've made up my mind. You can't convince me to change it.
J'onn J'onzz : I know you better than that. Just don't let him bring you down.
Supergirl : Manchester got you, didn't he? At the prison.
J'onn J'onzz : All I've wanted to do since my father died is honor him. Live by his example.
Supergirl : And you have.
J'onn J'onzz : But I'm struggling, Kara. There's a duality in me that's at war. I want to be a man of peace, just like my father, but every fiber of my being is fighting against that. Being a Manhunter was part of my nature.
Supergirl : Are you considering picking back up the sword?
J'onn J'onzz : I made a personal vow I wouldn't take that lightly.
Supergirl : Well, if you choose to join the fight to bring the Elite to justice, I'm sure your father would understand. Even M'yrnn joined the fight against Reign.
J'onn J'onzz : Manchester is baiting me. We're connected somehow. I think he can feel the rage that lies within me. The rage born of the massacre of my family. One thing's for certain, Manchester was a test for me. But whether he's a test of my resolve or just a mirror showing me that I cannot walk my father's path, I just don't know.
Supergirl : You will find clarity, J'onn. I know you will.
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Manchester Black : You could have just used the door.
Supergirl : And you could stop killing people.
Manchester Black : [gesturing for her to sit] Please, but no tricks. If anything happens to me, the Morae will start killing.
Supergirl : So, what, we're just gonna sit here and do the diner scene from "Heat"?
Manchester Black : Ah, no, no. Ah, Pacino, De Niro, they came alone.
[Hat and Menagerie appear in a puff of smoke]
Manchester Black : They're just for my protection.
[Menagerie takes out the jewels they stole, and a ring rolls across the floor, stopping at Kara's feet]
Supergirl : It's a little gaudy for me.
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Manchester Black : How did you know we were coming?
Supergirl : Fish and chips and tracking devices.
[flashback to their meeting in England]
Supergirl : This ends now.
Menagerie : You're still outnumbered.
J'onn J'onzz : [Brainy and Dreamer enter] Count again.
Hat : Who's this, then?
Supergirl : You have the Elite. I have super friends.
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Kara Danvers : [showing James the article about Lockwood's presidential appointment] "An asset to this administration." It's unbelievable.
James Olsen : Yeah, the president is making some very strange decisions lately. The Lockwood appointment, satellite.
Kara Danvers : How do you...
James Olsen : Brainy told me. We get brunch.
Kara Danvers : Cute.
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Kara Danvers : My instincts were all over the place on this one. Didn't know which way was up. Still not sure if I do.
James Olsen : Yeah, I know the feeling. I got this story I'm not sure if I should pursue myself. How'd you figure it out?
Kara Danvers : Examined my motives. Made sure the decision I was making was for the right reasons and not the selfish ones.
James Olsen : I guess that's all we can do really, right?
Kara Danvers : [glancing at the Lockwood article] Yeah. Speaking of which, I've got another article to write.
James Olsen : Type fast.
Kara Danvers : Superspeed.
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Supergirl : Long time, no see. Who's Clockwork Orange?
Manchester Black : What's the line? "No man is a failure..."
Hat : "... who has friends."
Supergirl : [thrown aside by an invisible force] I thought we captured you.
Hat : [a Morae appears] She says that was a different Morae. They all look alike to you.
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Manchester Black : There you are. Nice to finally meet you.
Supergirl : Menagerie?
Menagerie : [her serpentine symbiote rears its head] Thought you could cut the head off the snake. We're tougher than that.
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Querl Dox : [J'onn and Kara land in the Fortress] What is it? What's wrong?
J'onn J'onzz : Pull up the footage.
Supergirl : This is live. Rio.
Manchester Black : We want to send a message.
Menagerie : Low angle? Are you insane?
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Kara Danvers : Hot off the laser jet.
James Olsen : Uh, let me guess, this is your sixth article on Lockwood since he got out of prison?
[giving the article a once-over]
James Olsen : New angle?
Kara Danvers : Nope. But people need to be reminded, you know, that... that he's a murderer.
James Olsen : There's that.
Kara Danvers : Feels like I'm screaming into the void, but...
Alex Danvers : [entering] You wanna save that void screaming until after we eat? James.
James Olsen : Hey.
Kara Danvers : Lunch. Oh, my god, lunch. I totally forgot. Bad! Kara is so bad.
Alex Danvers : Okay, you're embarrassing.
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Supergirl : Welcome to the Fortress of Solitude.
Nia Nal : [looking around in awe] I mean, it sure beats the hell out of your loft.
Supergirl : Hey! That place is rent-controlled. And this works great for training. Plus, you have Kelex, too.
Kelex : I did not know we would be receving guests.
Nia Nal : [in awed excitement] You have a robot?
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Manchester Black : You know all those alien-hating racists been comin' out of their hidey holes? We're gonna make 'em dead. Right, then.
J'onn J'onzz : Manchester!
[as Supergirl advances on them, the Elite vanish in a puff of smoke]
J'onn J'onzz : I'm gonna find them.
Supergirl : Not without me.
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J'onn J'onzz : You cannot trust him. It'll be a trap.
Supergirl : Wouldn't be the first one I've walked into.
Nia Nal : He didn't even say where to meet.
Supergirl : That flash at the end of the message had an image coded in it. A map only I could see.
Querl Dox : Superliminal stimuli embedded in structured light. I don't want to be impressed, but...
J'onn J'onzz : Where does he want to meet?
Supergirl : Manchester, England. Guess he wanted home court advantage.
J'onn J'onzz : How long 'till dawn?
Querl Dox : Three hours, 21 minutes, 15 seconds.
Supergirl : So we wait. And then I'll deal with them.
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Supergirl : I thought you were all about your vendetta. Ben Lockwood, Fiona.
Manchester Black : Why do you think I came here? Brought her things to her family. Lockwood's time will come. But this is about me and you. You won't join us, and I can't beat you, so let's make a deal.
Supergirl : I accept your surrender.
Manchester Black : Never, but I can stay out of your soup. Cat in a tree, idiot in tights, bank robbers, all yours. But the racists, the fascists, the Children of Liberty, that's our department.
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Supergirl : I won't let you keep killing people.
Manchester Black : Oh, like your government intends to kill people? You really don't know, do you? Next week, your beloved government is launching a satellite that will shoot down any alien spacecraft trying to enter our atmosphere.
Supergirl : That's impossible.
Hat : I have it on good authority.
Manchester Black : Hat kidnaps secret agent types, learns what they're up to. That's why we formed this band of merry men.
[Menagerie clears her throat]
Manchester Black : Sorry, merry people.
Supergirl : Why should I believe you?
Manchester Black : Talk to your mate, Baker. You know, the bloke who just pardoned the grand bloody wizard of the Children of Liberty. Ask him about Operation Claymore. And then ask yourself, what if it were your ship they were blowing up? You came here in a rocket. Child in a basket, you know? Real Moses stuff. Here's your chance to tell the bosses to let your people go. Or us plagues'll do it for ya.
[they disappear in a puff of smoke; cut to President Baker entering the Oval Office]
Supergirl : Mr. President. We need to talk.
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President Baker : I will not apologize for protecting my country.
Supergirl : But that's why you have me.
President Baker : That may have sufficed for Olivia Marsdin. Not anymore.
Supergirl : Everyone involved in Claymore, everyone that works at that satellite base is at risk. The Elite are going to attack.
President Baker : If I closed every military base that might be threatened, I'd have no bases left. And last I checked, I don't answer to you.
Supergirl : Will you answer to your electorate the first time Claymore shoots down an alien ship that means us no harm? It's wrong. Innocent people will die.
President Baker : Do not interfere with that satellite!
Supergirl : This is a mistake, Mr. President.
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Alex Danvers : I didn't know you made house calls.
Supergirl : Your place is great. I'm here about Operation Claymore. The president is planning on launching a satellite array that will blow up any alien spacecraft entering our orbit.
Alex Danvers : What? The DEO is supposed to be the first line of defense against invasions. I mean, not some giant gun. Is that even legal?
Supergirl : I don't know. But I do know it's immoral. But everything I do means something to people, so... if I stop the satellite, I'm aligning myself with the Elite. And then on the other hand, if I let the launch happen, what does that say to the Children of Liberty? Why does it feel like there are only two choices?
Alex Danvers : And aren't you on your own side?
Supergirl : Yes. Alone. Sometimes it feels like...
Alex Danvers : Screaming into the void. That's something my sister said. Look, you can only do what you feel is right.
Supergirl : Yeah. Come with me. Talk to the Marine Corps. You're the Director of the DEO; throw your weight around.
Alex Danvers : If I show up, I would jeopardize my position and the whole organization would be at risk. I can't.
Supergirl : I understand.
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Supergirl : [surprised to see Alex at Devils Tower] Director Danvers.
Alex Danvers : I did what I thought was right.
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Supergirl : Brainy, they started the launch. The controls are destroyed. I can't do anything.
Manchester Black : [entering with Alex at gunpoint] Well, that was the plan, wasn't it?
Supergirl : What did you do?
Manchester Black : Picked my own target. 1600 Penn. The White House. Your government, on fire, hoisted by its own petard. As soon as it reaches orbit, it will fire. There's a reason it's called "playing God." It's fun.
Alex Danvers : [disarming him; to Kara] Fly.
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Supergirl : How's your head?
Alex Danvers : Don't worry about it. Just don't tell the president.
Supergirl : You were never here.
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Alex Danvers : You did a good thing destroying that satellite.
Supergirl : Well, I couldn't have done it without that suit. But the Elite are still out there.
Alex Danvers : Oh, we'll get 'em. Um... look... officially, I know that we're not really supposed to communicate. And I'm not saying you can just show up whenever you want. But, you know, occasionally, from time to time, maybe, uh, we can...
Supergirl : Kick ass the way we used to?
Alex Danvers : Something like that.
Supergirl : I would really like that.
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President Baker : That satellite array was created to protect Americans. Not to mention that it cost $2 billion! And now it's gone and here we are.
Supergirl : Yes, here we are. As well as your staff, your loved ones. Thanks to me wasn't leveled by a weapon of its own government's creation.
President Baker : Come on, you can tell me. Hmm? You hated that satellite. You're a superhero. There had to have been a way to stop Claymore without blowing it up. No, you did it because you wanted to.
Supergirl : I assure you, sir, there was no other way.
