Stargirl (TV Series)

Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite (2020)

Cameron Gellman: Rick Tyler

Quotes 

• Rick Tyler : So, you think you're all superheroes, huh? So you're Stargirl. You're...

  Yolanda Montez : Wildcat.

  Rick Tyler : And she's...

  Yolanda Montez : [before Beth can say anything]  Just borrowing those for the night.

  Rick Tyler : Right. So, what can this "magic" hourglass do?

  Beth Chapel : It's science. Your dad invented it. The hourglass gave your dad super-strength. For one hour a day.

  Rick Tyler : One hour? So the other 23 hours he was what, just some dude?

  Beth Chapel : He was a brilliant chemist! You know, that hourglass only worked for your dad. It was tied to his DNA.

  Rick Tyler : How do you turn it on?

  Beth Chapel : How do you use any hourglass? You turn it over.

  [as he puts it around his neck and turns it over, its powers surge through him] 

  Rick Tyler : So, super-strength, huh?

  Courtney Whitmore : [he picks up and crumples a beer keg with ease]  Uh... hey, you... you really shouldn't test out your powers in public. Our identities are...

  Beth Chapel : Protecting them is Superhero 101. And you need a costume. Technically, we all do. Since it's Halloween...

  Rick Tyler : I'm not wearing a stupid costume. You guys, do whatever you want. I'm doing my own thing.

• Stargirl : I can't let you keep that hourglass. Not when you're like this.

  Rick Tyler : Yeah? Try and take it.

  Beth Chapel : [approaching]  Rick, wait! It wasn't an accident.

  Rick Tyler : What?

  Beth Chapel : Your parents were murdered.

  Rick Tyler : They crashed right here. They hit this tree and they...

  Beth Chapel : No.

  Charles McNider : The police report said a faulty tire that had been recalled blew out and caused the crash. But the recalled tires were never made for the make and model of vehicle they were driving.

  Beth Chapel : Dr. McNider says it wasn't the tree that killed them. He says he can... show us?

  [the goggles emit a holographic representation of what happened] 

  Beth Chapel : They were here. But so was someone else. Or something? Chuck calls it Solomon Grundy.

• Courtney Whitmore : You can't just take the hourglass.

  Rick Tyler : Yes, I can. It was my dad's, right? Now it's mine. Later.

  Yolanda Montez : Congrats. You just made the biggest delinquent in school an unstoppable beast.

  Courtney Whitmore : I'm not giving up yet. We can still get through to him.

  Yolanda Montez : Seems like he's done listening. And how do we make him?

  Courtney Whitmore : We can't when we're dressed like this.

  Beth Chapel : [excited]  Let's go suit up!

  Courtney Whitmore : Thanks, Beth, but we'll take it from here. Okay? Things could get really dangerous.

• Courtney Whitmore : Your dad's name was Rex Tyler.

  [showing him the Hourman hourglass again] 

  Courtney Whitmore : He was Hourman.

  Rick Tyler : What the hell are you talking about?

• Rick Tyler : Where's my carburetor?

  Matt Harris : What?

  Rick Tyler : The carburetor I just got, where is it?

  Matt Harris : I sold that.

  Rick Tyler : You can't just sell it. It's mine.

  Matt Harris : Gas, electric, food, I mean... who do you think pays for all this? You will never understand what you cost me. If it wasn't for you...

  Rick Tyler : You'd be a Silicon Valley millionaire, instead of a Blue Valley dirtbag.

  Matt Harris : Well, come on. Take a swing. I'll put you on your ass again.

• Rick Tyler : Sounds like the alternator.

  Pat Dugan : Yeah, that's right. You know cars, or at least you got a good ear for 'em.

  Rick Tyler : I work on cars.

  Pat Dugan : Oh.

  Rick Tyler : Well, a car.

  Pat Dugan : What do you got going?

  Rick Tyler : '66 Mustang. Just need a carburetor, I'll get it up and running.

  Pat Dugan : '66 Mustang, that's a great ride.

  Rick Tyler : My dad had one.

  Pat Dugan : Really? You don't see 'em around that often. What color?

  Rick Tyler : Yellow.

  Pat Dugan : Huh.

• Rick Tyler : Why are you following me?

  Courtney Whitmore : I need to talk to you.

  [he moves to leave] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Wait. I just need to show you something, okay? It's hard to explain, but...

  [holding out Hourman's hourglass] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Look at this.

  Rick Tyler : It's an hourglass. So what?

  Courtney Whitmore : I-It was going crazy before.

  [holding it up to him, hoping something will happen] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Something's wrong.

  Rick Tyler : Yeah, something's wrong.

  Courtney Whitmore : Yeah.

  Rick Tyler : You should stay on your meds.

• Stargirl : We just wanna talk.

  Rick Tyler : Look, I'm not playing fairy princess tea time with you two.

  Stargirl : I understand.

  Rick Tyler : What do you understand? My parents hit a tree and they died. What grand plan of God's was that?

  Wildcat : It wasn't God's plan, Rick. It was an accident.

  Rick Tyler : Then who do I blame, huh? Do you know what it's like to be so filled up with anger that you feel like you're poisoning yourself? Do you? I want to hit something, anything, all of the time. Every second. You think I like that? I hate feeling this way.

  Stargirl : My dad was a member of the Justice Society, too. He was Starman. And... even though I only met him a few times, I feel cheated. He was killed before I even got to know him. But now I get to keep his legacy alive. And you can, too. You can be a hero like your dad. Hourman. It's your choice.

  Rick Tyler : My choice?

  [in a fit of anger, he punches the tree where his parents crashed, which then topples over] 

  Rick Tyler : When have I ever had a choice? Be a hero like my dad? My dad's dead.

• Stargirl : Your parents... I'm betting they were killed by the same people that killed my dad.

  Rick Tyler : Who?

  Stargirl : I don't know yet. But whoever they are, they're in Blue Valley. They're the reason I'm putting together this new team. To get justice. For my dad. For yours. For all of the JSA.

  Rick Tyler : I'll do it. But I don't want justice, Courtney. I want revenge.