Supergirl (TV Series)

Both Sides Now (2018)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onzz

Quotes 

• Alex Danvers : A couple of bruised ribs and what feels like a giant hematoma on my ass. But it could have been worse. It could have been rugby.

  J'onn J'onzz : Alex, you could have been killed.

  Supergirl : Don't joke.

  Alex Danvers : Calm down. Winn, please give them something else to think about.

  Winn Schott : Uh... we lost track of Reign and Julia, like, minutes after they flew away.

• Winn Schott : A Bel Air. Oh! Your ship is a Bel Air?

  J'onn J'onzz : Indeed. Two four-barrel carburetors, Duntov cam.

  Winn Schott : What's the mileage?

  J'onn J'onzz : About 700 million.

  Mon-El : I didn't know you knew about cars, Winn.

  Winn Schott : Oh, please. If you can take it apart and put it back together, you better believe I know about it.

  [J'onn opens the car hood] 

  Winn Schott : Ooh. Yeah.

  [as he reaches in to touch something, J'onn slaps his hand away] 

  Winn Schott : Look, don't touch. Got it.

• J'onn J'onzz : Is that Lisa Loeb?

  Mon-El : I thought the target's name was Julia Freeman.

• Alex Danvers : Whew. Purity is down, Reign and Pestilence to go. And it is only a Wednesday.

  J'onn J'onzz : It's certainly been a good morning so far.

  Winn Schott : Yes, and bonus points, the DEO techs found this at the Worldkiller's home. It is a Kryptonian cache crystal, as you know, used to store sensitive information.

  Supergirl : I've seen crystals like this in the Fortress of Solitude. They contain elements of the Fortress itself, sort of like an artist's stamp.

  Winn Schott : Yes, but this crystal has a very different home, very different stamp.

  Supergirl : We might be able to pinpoint the location of the Worldkillers' headquarters if we analyze it.

  Alex Danvers : First round is on me. Winn, get your chicken wings.

  Winn Schott : And I will have an unecessary amount of chicken wings, as befits a man of my stature.

• Mon-El : [to Kara]  Hey, you okay? You took a couple of serious blows back there at the house.

  Winn Schott : Oh, hey, you know what? I analyzed the frequency of the Worldkillers' vibrations when I was in the van. It turnsout, it is tuned specifically to hurt Kryptonians.

  J'onn J'onzz : Luckily, the inhibitors in the cell seem to be working on her.

  Alex Danvers : Yeah, you do seem a bit off. Maybe we should run some tests. Guys?

  J'onn J'onzz : [turning to leave with Winn and Mon-El]  Yeah, sure. We'll leave you to it.

  Winn Schott : Oh, yeah, yeah.

  Alex Danvers : Thanks.

  Winn Schott : Break.

  Supergirl : It's not the sonic blast that's bothering me.

• Mon-El : Hey, J'onn, by the way, I need your help with something.

  J'onn J'onzz : Yeah? What is it?

  Mon-El : Well, you know that our Legion ship is the only way home. And in about a day, we're gonna lose the ability to fly.

  J'onn J'onzz : Is there some way to fix it?

  Mon-El : Yeah, and I think the part might be in your ship.

  Winn Schott : Whoa. Whoa. You guys are... are doing spaceship repair? 'Cause I need to see that.

  J'onn J'onzz : You're busy.

  Winn Schott : Oh, come on. The decoder, it's... it's doing its thing. It's gonna take, like... like, five hours.

  J'onn J'onzz : Fine. But you're coming back here the second there's a breakthrough with that crystal.

• J'onn J'onzz : Why did you want to see my ship?

  Mon-El : Well, the Moran battery in our cruiser died last week.

  Winn Schott : Wait, your ship doesn't have any power?

  Mon-El : Well, not entirely. There's... there's five power sources.

  J'onn J'onzz : But a Moran battery generates anti-gravitational field.

  Mon-El : Which is how the ship flies. But if the circuits are without power long enough, they degrade.

  Winn Schott : And turn into a pumpkin. Got it.

  Mon-El : So the only way to save it is we use the Moran battery from your ship to regenerate the fuel cells in ours.

  J'onn J'onzz : Got it.

  Winn Schott : Oh. So you need a jump?

  Mon-El : Yeah.

  Winn Schott : Easy.

  [J'onn removes an alien-looking battery] 

  Winn Schott : [with a laugh of appreciation]  Ooh! Oh-ho-ho-ho! Now, that battery looks like it packs a punch. Can I hold it?

  J'onn J'onzz : No.

  Winn Schott : Okay.

• Imra Ardeen : I gather it's not going too well.

  J'onn J'onzz : Uh, not at presently, but we will get there.

  Imra Ardeen : Brainy and I took a look into that Thyseria rock, but, uh, it was a dead end. Did you get the battery working?

  Mon-El : No, but I'm handling it.

  Imra Ardeen : Okay. Did you try recalibrating it?

  Mon-El : Yes, Imra, I'm handling it.

  Imra Ardeen : Okay, look, I may not be a twelfth-level intellect, Mon-El, but I'm sharp. And as I said last night, there's no need of telling me anything twice. Ever.

  Mon-El : Imra, please don't do this.

  Imra Ardeen : I'm just doing exactly what you taught me when I joined the Legion. I'm just speaking the truth.

• Mon-El : I thought you left.

  J'onn J'onzz : I did, but, uh, only to get these.

  [holding up a pair of liquor bottles] 

  J'onn J'onzz : Come on. It's sort of a Martian moonshine. It's kind of spicy. It has a consciousness-enhancing quality to it.

  Mon-El : This has a label.

  J'onn J'onzz : Oh, yeah. They sell it in the alien bars. Doing quite well.

• Mon-El : Imra and I have a, uh... complicated history. We didn't exactly choose to get married to one another. So, she's from this important family, uh, on Titan. And Titan was the head of this faction of planets that were very against Earth and its allies. So, in the early days of the Legion, we needed to do something... symbolic. You know, to show that we represented everyone.

  J'onn J'onzz : You united the planets when you got married?

  Mon-El : There it is.

  J'onn J'onzz : Wow.

  Mon-El : And I was still mourning Kara. Imra and I were friends and... and partners, and I was fond of her. I respected her. But I knew that marrying Imra would help so many. It just... it seemed like the logical thing to do. And then, with time, I mean, I... our pretend marriage became more real and our feelings deepened, and... and I... I grew to love her. I was content. But with Kara, I mean...

  [he laughs] 

  Mon-El : There was nothing logical about falling in love with Kara. I mean, she was... she was a Kryptonian elitist, and I was this completely self-absorbed misogynist. Not anymore. But what I felt for her, it was... it was just... being back here is, um... I've had to keep a distance from Kara because whenever I'm around her, these old feelings get stirred up. And then I have to hide it from Imra. But lately, there's just been all this friction between us 'cause of... I know it's my fault, and I just... I don't know what to do.

  J'onn J'onzz : You know, if you think keeping secrets from your wife is hard, you should try keeping secrets from a Martian. My wife and I would, uh... would bond and literally share our thoughts and feelings every night. Marriage is sharing, Mon-El. Everything. You are not a criminal because you have complicated feelings. If you truly love and honor Imra, maybe you should let her in.

• Supergirl : I'm not underestimating her again.

  Alex Danvers : Ever.

  Winn Schott : Uh, speaking of... presents. I have revamped some old sonic technology to cut out the frequency that she hit you with before.

  Mon-El : Yeah, but will they work?

  Winn Schott : Wait, you really asked me that? Uh, it's, like, nine... ninety... five percent sure.

  J'onn J'onzz : Good work, Agent Schott.

  Winn Schott : Hey, anytime. Now, go, do superheroic stuff.

• J'onn J'onzz : It's only matter of time before Reign forces Julia back into Purity.

  Alex Danvers : Julia, she's tough. Maybe she can hold out.

  Supergirl : Wow, the Worldkillers might be too hard for us to beat. But maybe we're not supposed to beat them.

  Winn Schott : Well, how are we supposed to win?

  Supergirl : We save them.

• J'onn J'onzz : You know, I, um... it's been a couple of centuries, but I was once married. Seventy-seven years, in fact. So I'm quite familiar with the marital spat.

  Mon-El : Yeah, it's, uh... it's not what you think.

  J'onn J'onzz : It might help to talk about it.

  Mon-El : Yeah, thanks, but, um... but I don't... I don't think so.

  J'onn J'onzz : You keep a lot of secrets, young man. Usually, they're to protect others, so your intentions are good, but it really might help if you share the load.