Supergirl (TV Series)

Blind Spots (2021)

David Ramsey: John Diggle

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• John Diggle : Congratulations, Guardian. That was a hell of a debut. James would be so proud to see you like this, working with the community. It reminds me of something Jefferson Pierce once said: "Don't be a hero to the people. Be a hero for the people."

• Brainiac-5 : Headed back to Metropolis already?

  John Diggle : I am. Worlds await.

• Kelly Olsen : [after shouting at Kara and the others]  Sorry about that. I don't know what just happened.

  John Diggle : No need to apologize. You wanna talk about what's really going on?

  Kelly Olsen : I am not one to be hopeless. I just don't know how to express what I'm feeling. And I'm a psychologist. I just want to make a difference. But I am one person fighting a system that has been against those that need it for centuries.

  John Diggle : And we have been fighting for centuries. Fighting through exhaustion, fighting through being tired, fighting to get things right, but now is not the time to walk away from this fight. Use your exhaustion to fuel your fire.

• Kelly Olsen : Where were all of you?

  Alex Danvers : Kelly? What happened?

  Kelly Olsen : Rankin is the problem. She's a source of the fifth-dimensional energy, and I don't know how or why. There was a fight at the hospital and I couldn't stop her.

  John Diggle : Kelly managed to grab some of Rankin's hair.

  Supergirl : Kelly...

  Kelly Olsen : I needed your help. I told you the people in the Heights needed your help and you didn't see them. You don't see me.

  Alex Danvers : Kelly, I see...

  [seeing Kelly's look, she trails off] 

  Supergirl : We're gonna stop the person who did this.

  Kelly Olsen : I know! I know that you are all trying to stop Nxyly. I know. But do you hear me? Do you see what is happening? People are gonna die! And I feel like I am yelling into a void! We are supposed to fight for everyone, together. And yet I am looking at people suffer, people that look like me, and everyone here is just too busy. Where is the outrage that people are gonna die without help? Without hope? Maybe you could spare a second for them.

  Alex Danvers : [Kelly leaves]  I'll, uh, I'll go after her.

  Supergirl : I'll go with you.

  Nia Nal : Wait. Let's just give her a second. Until she's ready.

• Kelly Olsen : How's Rankin so much better?

  John Diggle : Who's that?

  Kelly Olsen : She's the councilwoman who represents the neighborhood. Although, she's more focused on gentrifying it than helping her constituents. She was near the building when it imploded and was here sick the other night.

  John Diggle : She looks fine now.

  Kelly Olsen : [her scanner beeps]  She's reading high levels of fifth-dimensional energy. We need to get her back to the Tower. She must be connected to all of this.

  Orlando Davis : Who's connected?

  [seeing Rankin outside] 

  Orlando Davis : Rankin, again.

  Kelly Olsen : [he turns to leave]  Orlando, don't!

  John Diggle : [following him out]  You may need to suit up.

• John Diggle : I've carried racial trauma like breath, so I know what you're carrying.

• Kelly Olsen : Looking at those people at the hospital last night, knowing had badly they are struggling... and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't help them.

  John Diggle : So you feel alone in this?

  Kelly Olsen : Alex sent respirators to the hospital, but the rest of the team... well, they have supervillains to deal with.

  John Diggle : Oliver Queen was really good at seeing the big picture, but sometimes, because of that, he would overlook things. When I wanted to show him something he missed, sometimes he would require proof.

  Kelly Olsen : Wish it didn't always require proof.

  John Diggle : I know. Tell me about it. But right now, Kelly, what do you know?

  Kelly Olsen : I know something is making the people in the Heights sick, and I know it's something more than just that Ormfell building coming down.

  John Diggle : Okay. Best place to start is at the source. Let's go.

• Supergirl : [at the ruins of the Ormfell]  Be careful, Supergirl.

  J'onn J'onnz : Nxyly repowered herself once before, she could do it again.

  Supergirl : I'm not letting her get away this time.

  [entering the next room] 

  Supergirl : Kelly? Dig? What are you guys doing here?

  Kelly Olsen : We came back here to see if we could identify what was making the people in the Heights sick.

  John Diggle : A.R.G.U.S. stands at the ready, but this is pretty otherworldly. More your deal than mine.

  J'onn J'onnz : Nxyly, an imp, bent on world domination, built a device that we thought would freeze half of National City.

  Supergirl : And I blew it up. At least that's what I thought I was doing.

  Brainiac-5 : Instead, Supergirl powered up a device that infused Nxyly with fifth-dimensional energy. That same energy also infused into the building itself. And when Nxyly destroyed it...

  Kelly Olsen : It spread the dust and debris throughout the neighborhood.

• Kelly Olsen : I didn't realize you and Jimmy were in touch.

  John Diggle : Yeah, well, we talk from time to time. We both have worked with some pretty spectacular people, have, uh, similar struggles. He called and told me what was happening here. He also thought there was a better chance you would listen to me than him.

  Kelly Olsen : [chuckling]  Oh! I listen to him. Sometimes. Well, look, I... I'm... I'm glad you're here. The situation in the Heights is a mess.

  John Diggle : Honestly, he sounded more worried about you, about how you're taking it all.

  Kelly Olsen : I'm fine. I've overcome a lot in my life. I just... I want to make sure the people in the Heights get the help they need. And I'm not sure that there's a military solution here.

  John Diggle : I see. I heard you served, too.

  Kelly Olsen : I did.

  John Diggle : Then you know that life. Sometimes on the battlefield, you do what you have to to survive. You just keep going, push yourself so hard that you miss the warning signs that maybe something deeper is going on. I'm not questioning your strength, but I do want you to know I'm here for you.

• Kelly Olsen : [in the ruins of the Ormfell building]  People were just about to move in. Have new lives, new homes. How is anyone ever gonna recover?

  John Diggle : They'll find a way. We always do.

• John Diggle : Kelly Olsen, right?

  Kelly Olsen : And you're John Diggle from Star City.

  John Diggle : Well, I'm in Metropolis these days, but yes. James sent me.

• John Diggle : I had an opportunity to become a special kind of hero. But it would've meant me leaving Lyla, my kids, and everything I love behind. So I had to ask myself... what kind of hero do I really wanna be? So the question is... what are you gonna do with what you're feeling right now?

  Kelly Olsen : I wanna be an advocate for the people who have lost hope. For the people who have been failed by those meant to protect them. For the people who don't have heroes that look like them. Protecting those that are exhausted, so they don't have to fight every single day for themselves.

  John Diggle : Good. Let that guide you.