Batman Beyond (TV Series)

A Touch of Curaré (1999)

Stockard Channing: Barbara Gordon

Quotes 

• Terry McGinnis : [about Bruce Wayne]  So why do you hate him so much?

  [later, after a long conversation over coffee] 

  Commissioner Barbara Gordon : No, I don't hate him. I hate what he's become. Such a great man... so alone.

• [Upon seeing her Batgirl costume in a display case in the Batcave] 

  Commissioner Barbara Gordon : I see you've sewn up the bullet holes.

• Terry McGinnis : [after Barbara used a batarang to disarm Curare]  I guess you never lose the touch. How'd it feel?

  Commissioner Barbara Gordon : Like old times. You better go. Ii wouldn't look good if...

  [turns to see Batman gone] 

  Commissioner Barbara Gordon : Like old times all right.

• Commissioner Barbara Gordon : I heard the D.A.'s office is plea-bargaining the Densmore case. Do you know how hard my men worked to...?

  Sam Young : Uh-uh-uh, no shop talk after hours. You want to discuss my shortcomings as a D.A., call my office and make an appointment, Commissioner.

  [Kisses her] 

• Sam Young : I thought the man was supposed to protect the woman.

  Commissioner Barbara Gordon : Last century, babe.

• Terry McGinnis : That's her. Kind of blurry.

  Bruce Wayne : It's the only photo Interpol has. It was taken at the airport assassination in Berlin.

  Terry McGinnis : Who is she?

  Bruce Wayne : Curaré. She's as lethal as her name. A member of the Society of Assassins. No one knows her original name anymore, or her face.

  Terry McGinnis : What about the sword?

  Bruce Wayne : A scimitar. Sharpened by lasers to an edge no thicker than a molecule.

  Terry McGinnis : Guess you'll want me to keep an eye on the commissioner.

  Bruce Wayne : No. Barbara Gordon's not the target.

  Barbara Gordon : Her husband is.

  Terry McGinnis : [surprised to see her]  How did she... man, what do we do?

• Terry McGinnis : It wasn't me who set off the alarm. I did the best I could.

  Barbara Gordon : This is the last warning you get. If I see so much as a pointy-eared shadow anywhere near police business, I'll drag you and Bruce to jail.

• Terry McGinnis : So, you and Dick Grayson, like, dated?

  Barbara Gordon : In college. Puppy love. Later on, we just never talked about it.

  Terry McGinnis : People should communicate more.

  Barbara Gordon : Dick finally got fed up living in Batman's shadow. He decided to leave. He was hurt when I chose to stay behind with Bruce.

  Terry McGinnis : As his partner.

  [she stays silent] 

  Terry McGinnis : His girlfriend?

  [she takes a silent sip of coffee] 

  Terry McGinnis : Whoa.

  Barbara Gordon : On the street, it was like ballet. We were the perfect duo. But for Bruce - Batman - there was nothing but the street. Eventually, that gets old. Time comes when you gotta hang up the cape. But Bruce wouldn't. Or couldn't. So I left, and never looked back.

• Barbara Gordon : I appreciate what you did tonight, but I want you to stay out of police business. Of course, maybe I'm talking to the wrong guy. Hard to believe you're still remaking your image at this late date.

  Bruce Wayne : I never forced him.

  Terry McGinnis : It's what I wanted.

  Barbara Gordon : That's what we all thought, at the beginning. I've looked the other way so far, but I'm not my father. I don't want to have to come back here again. Capisce?

  Bruce Wayne : Does this mean you won't be wanting the information I have on Curaré?

  Barbara Gordon : [taking a disc]  I mean it, Bruce. Stay out of it.