Batwoman (TV Series)

Initiate Self-Destruct (2021)

Rachel Skarsten: Alice

Quotes 

• Alice : How will we pass the time?

  Batwoman : Quietly would be my first choice.

  Alice : I like you. You're fun but mean.

• Alice : [riding in the Batmobile]  Ooh! What does this button do?

  Batwoman : Pisses me off. Don't make me hit the ejector seat.

  Alice : That exists?

  Batwoman : You want to find out?

  Alice : Kinda.

• Alice : Never leave a woman who's been in captivity half her life alone with a hairpin.

• Alice : If they were harmed in any way, I swear to you on my headless mother's grave...

• Alice : Oh, goody! I've always wanted to ride in the Batmobile.

• Batwoman : I thought you killed him.

  Alice : Well, that's completely beside the point.

• Alice : Well, it's hard to lie through your teeth when they've all been yanked out.

• Alice : Initiate self-destruct? Cool.

  Batwoman : Hey! This is a rescue mission, not a school field trip. Stop!

  Alice : Well, you agreed to this little team-up pretty quickly, which tells me that this Angelique must be very near and dear to your heart.

  Batwoman : You want to tell me where I should turn?

  Alice : Keep going straight, which I'm guessing you didn't do with Angelique. Come on. You can tell me everything. Who emojied who first? I'm dying to know how a drug chef stole Batwoman's heart.

  Batwoman : We are not doing this. We are not getting to know each other. Everything I need to know about you is written on my mama's grave.

• Alice : You sure this Angelique chick is good enough for you?

  Batwoman : She is. Thank you for your concern.

  Alice : Is she, though? I mean, city hero, drug dealer. Doesn't exactly scream royal wedding.

  Batwoman : You asking for a friend... or are you asking because you accidentally have feelings for someone and it terrifies you? Because... how could anyone ever love a monster who watched her gang kill a woman and not even wonder her name?

  Alice : Obviously asking for a friend.

  Batwoman : [wry chuckle]  Angelique was the only person in our group home who ever had my back.

  Alice : I see. So you were plucked away like the little orphan Annie while she was left behind. That's why you're so determined to save her now, isn't it? Guilt.

  [snickering] 

  Alice : Where have I heard that before? Your predecessor was obsessed with saving me. She couldn't accept reality and move on. Poor thing didn't realize until it was too late... and then she died.

  [moving closer] 

  Alice : Just a little piece of advice from an antihero to a hero. You can't save everyone, not without losing who you are.

  Batwoman : [getting ready to move as they watch Black Mask's henchmen run by]  If you really want to know who I am, you should know this about me. I am someone who never forgets.

  Alice : [realizing she's handcuffed to a pole]  What are you doing?

  Batwoman : Oh, don't worry. I'm gonna save Ocean... from you. I am going to make sure he knows exactly what you are.

• Alice : Angelique and Ocean are apparently being held at a place that is more fortified than this one, and quite frankly, I need backup, by which I mean someone to stand behind so that the bullets don't hit my visage.

  Batwoman : Damn. You're crazier than everyone already thinks.

  Alice : Well, enemy of my enemy, doesn't that mean...

  Batwoman : That you're still the bitch who murdered my mom.

  Alice : Touche, but I'm also the bitch who knows where our beloved cooks are.

  [stabbing a False Face henchman] 

  Alice : The only one who knows as of now, and as much as our dearly departed was forthcoming about their location, he wasn't as clear about how long they'd stay alive. Apparently, Black Mask just wants them to spill the recipe, so the clock is tick, tick, ticking. What do you say? Partners? That silence sounds like a firm yes.

  Batwoman : You cross me, and you don't have to worry about bullets killing you.

• Batwoman : One sentry. Looks like they're trying to keep a low profile.

  Alice : [reaching for the telescope]  I wanna see.

  [Batwoman shrugs her off] 

  Alice : Why don't I get any Battoys? Can I at least have a batarang?

  Batwoman : Okay, you draw him out, I'll take him out. Think you can handle that?

  Alice : Sure.

  Batwoman : [she honks the Batmobile's horn]  What the hell are you doing?

  Alice : What you asked.

  Batwoman : I told you to draw him out, not draw him to us.

  Alice : And I delivered. Your move, lover girl.

• Alice : Never leave a woman who's been in captivity half her life with a hairpin.

• Batwoman : What the hell is this, barbeque for one?

  Alice : Batty, what brings you here? Oh. Was it the odor? Honestly, I've been at this so long, I can hardly smell it.

  Batwoman : Why are you here?

  Alice : The False Face kidnapped a friend, so I've been popping by their known hideouts, seeing if someone would be willing to spill his possible location.

  Batwoman : I'm looking for someone they kidnapped, too.

  Alice : Really? Her name wouldn't happen to be... pbbft... I don't know, Angelique, by chance?

  Batwoman : How do you know that?

  Alice : Well, according to Mr. Extra Crispy over here, when Angelique couldn't conjure up the special sauce that gives Snakebite its bite, Black Mask took her phone and used it to track down the actual chef, who does know all 11 herbs and spices.

  Batwoman : You're talking about Ocean.

• Circe Sionis : Where's Batwoman?

  Alice : Finally, a member of this lame society who's actually trying.

  [indicating the mask] 

  Alice : Love this. Is it oak?

  [Circe puts a dagger to her throat] 

  Alice : You can find her on the deck.

  Circe Sionis : I'll be back for you.

  Alice : Looking forward to it.