Superman & Lois (TV Series)

Holding the Wrench (2021)

Jordan Elsass: Jonathan Kent

Quotes 

• Lois Lane : Are you out of your mind? You don't go snooping around some guy from another world's murder van!

  Jonathan Kent : I mean, I... I thought it was safe earlier.

  Clark Kent : Jonathan, nothing is as it seems with this kind of stuff.

• Lois Lane : [after Jon got trapped in Irons' RV]  I said I would go back in there with you. What were you thinking?

  Jonathan Kent : I-I just thought I'd look around.

  Lois Lane : Without me? Jonathan, what were you really doing in there?

  Jonathan Kent : Mom, even I knew how upset you were earlier about what we saw in there, and then that crazy hammer thing that he made, I thought that maybe I could go in there and I could... I could look for...

  Clark Kent : Whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on. You were looking for weapons?

  Jonathan Kent : Dad, you and Jordan basically *are* weapons. I am the only one in this house that is completely unarmed.

  Clark Kent : Jonathan, your mother and I will protect you.

  Jonathan Kent : Really?

  Clark Kent : Yes!

  Jonathan Kent : Because I was one second away from being dead, and Mom couldn't do anything, and you? You almost didn't even make it in time.

  Lois Lane : Jonathan, look at me. Look at me! I let you come with me because I trusted you. I trusted that you were responsible enough to know what's at stake, to know how dangerous this all is!

  Jonathan Kent : So, now... so now you-you don't trust me?

  Clark Kent : Okay, okay, let's calm... calm down.

  Lois Lane : You knew there was a risk! I know you did, and yet you went in anyway, alone, behind my back! What... to find weapons? You almost *DIED*, not because you were unarmed, because you were reckless and stupid! And if you had died, the only person that would've been to blame is yourself.

• Jonathan Kent : So John Henry is from... from another Earth?

  Lois Lane : Yeah, it's kind of confusing. Multiverse and parallel universes, each with its own Earth, et cetera, et cetera.

  Jonathan Kent : So on his Earth, are there, like, are there other versions of people from here?

  Lois Lane : Yeah. Sometimes.

  Jonathan Kent : [seeing pictures of Irons with his Lois]  Like you?

• Jonathan Kent : [looking at pictures of Natalie Irons]  Sorry I didn't get to meet you, sis. You seem really cool.

  Lois Lane : [he turns on a video file]  And we must defeat them if we are to save humanity, for that is what separates us from them: our humanity.

  [Jon sees Superman appear behind her] 

  Lois Lane : I love you both.

  [watching Clark kill her, he turns it off, mortified] 

• Jonathan Kent : [trapped in Irons' RV by its AI]  Mom, I'm not authorized! It's gonna kill me!

  Lois Lane : [banging on the door]  This is Lois Lane! He's my son!

  A.I. Device : Ten...

  Lois Lane : Stop the countdown!

  A.I. Device : Eight..

  Lois Lane : [frantically clicking her ELT]  Clark! Clark! Clark! Clark, the AI's gonna kill Jon!

  [whooshing out of the DOD, Clark arrives just in time to shield Jon from the gunfire] 

• Clark Kent : [hearing an ELT signal]  That's your dad. I've got to get to the DOD and question John Irons.

  Lois Lane : [kissing him goodbye]  I'll let you know what I find in the RV.

  Clark Kent : Okay.

  Lois Lane : Good luck.

  Clark Kent : [taking off into the sky]  Boys.

  Lois Lane : I'll be in the barn. You two stay out of trouble.

  Jonathan Kent : Mom, um, you think maybe I could come with you? I don't know, I feel like I wasn't much help fixing the truck, but I think I could help you.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, sure.

• A.I. Device : [looking around Irons' RV, Jon finds his cache of weapons]  Identification required.

  Jonathan Kent : Um, okay, okay, J-Jonathan Kent. Jon-Jon Kent.

  A.I. Device : Warning. You are not authorized.

  [automated weapons turn their laser sights on him] 

  A.I. Device : In T-minus 20 seconds...

  Jonathan Kent : No.

  A.I. Device : ...you will be eliminated.

  Jonathan Kent : No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

  A.I. Device : 20, 19...

  Jonathan Kent : [banging on the RV door]  Mom! Mom!

• Lois Lane : I know the last few weeks have been hard on us all. Bottom line, there's a lot going on. Morgan Edge, people suddenly getting powers, mystery guy trying to kill your dad. So we just wanted to check in and see how you were doing with all of it.

  Clark Kent : I talked to Coach Gaines. He's not happy, but he knows the three of us are taking a break from football. He just needs your uniforms back.

  Jordan Kent : Yeah, I'll go do it today. It's my last time in a high school locker room probably ever.

  Jonathan Kent : [offering a wrench]  Dad?

  Clark Kent : [aligning the grille on the family truck]  Uh, no, I'm good. Uh, can you just hold this?

  Jordan Kent : Yeah.

  Jonathan Kent : [Clark uses his heat vision to weld the grille back on]  Can I be excused, or...

  Lois Lane : We're not done talking. Listen, the stuff that we're dealing with would be a lot for anyone, so if you're stressed or worried, you need to tell us, okay?

• Jonathan Kent : Any idea what might be in here?

  Lois Lane : Not really, but your dad said it was lined with lead, so someone's hiding something.

  Jonathan Kent : [entering Irons' RV]  Classic creeper-mobile.

  Lois Lane : Exactly, so be careful.

  A.I. Device : Identification required. Identify yourself.

  Lois Lane : Uh, Lois Lane.

  A.I. Device : Voice authentication confirmed. Good morning, Lois.

  Lois Lane : How do you know my name?

  A.I. Device : You are one of my authorized users. How can I help you, Ms. Lane?

  Lois Lane : Um, what can you tell me about John Henry Irons?

  [with a hydraulic whir, the bed raises, revealing a surveillance station] 

  Lois Lane : Careful.

  Jonathan Kent : What is that?

  [seeing the setup] 

  Jonathan Kent : Whoa. That was easy.

• Jonathan Kent : [watching Irons inspect his RV]  Guy tries to kill Dad, and now what, he's our... he's our houseguest?

  Jordan Kent : I really don't think Mom would let him stay here if he was dangerous.

  Jonathan Kent : After everything that she saw in that trailer, you really trust her judgment right now?

  Lois Lane : [entering behind him]  I guess I deserve that.

  [to Jordan] 

  Lois Lane : Give me a minute alone with your brother.

• Lois Lane : When you and your brother were about 18 months old, I got pregnant. And I ended up losing the baby, so it's really not something I... I talk about much. We were gonna name her Natalie.

  [Jon is surprised] 

  Lois Lane : Yeah, exactly. All this time I thought I was okay... and then just being reminded of the child that I lost and then almost losing you, I lost it, and I said some things I never should've said and that I didn't mean, but that's no excuse, and I never should've yelled at you like that, and I'm sorry, and I love you so much, and I hope you can forgive me.

  Jonathan Kent : [hugging her]  Mom, it's okay. I understand.

  Lois Lane : Promise me you will never go rogue on me like that again.

  Jonathan Kent : I just wanted to help.

  Lois Lane : Jon, if there's anyone in this family who gets what you're going through, it's me. I know what it's like to be in the orbit of someone who can juggle semi-trucks, and you want to help out. You want to save the world, and all you can do is just stand there holding the wrench. And I know the fear of being vulnerable, and I will teach you some ways to handle that. But right now, I just want you to know that we're on the same team. We are the extraordinary humans in a family of superpeople, and we have to stick together.

• Jonathan Kent : [finding Jordan at musical revue auditions]  Hey, why are you ignoring my texts?

  Jordan Kent : I-I-I've been busy. I told you I'd be here.

  Jonathan Kent : I really need to talk to you, okay? You realize that you're pretty much the only person I have here, right?

  Jordan Kent : Jon, what... what happened?

  Jonathan Kent : I don't even know where to begin.

  Jordan Kent : Whatever happened, we're in this together. All right?

  Jonathan Kent : Okay.

  [indicating his bunch of flowers] 

  Jonathan Kent : What are those for?

  Jordan Kent : I'm being supportive.

  Jonathan Kent : Dude, come on. You're in the friend zone.