Batwoman (TV Series)

Initiate Self-Destruct (2021)

Meagan Tandy: Sophie Moore

Quotes 

• Luke Fox : Tell me you destroyed it.

  Sophie Moore : I can't. Too many eyes. We need a plan B.

  Luke Fox : No. What? Sophie, no. Every plan involves you destroying the damn sample!

  Sophie Moore : Look. My entire office is acting like they're sitting on the nuclear codes. I'd have an easier time swiping records out of Area 51. There are only 78 more minutes 'til they get her profile. Then they're gonna upload it to the national DNA database, and... and if she's ever been entered in there for any reason ever, such as an arrest, they're gonna get a match, and the whole world will know Batwoman's identity.

• Sophie Moore : Oh, no.

  Luke Fox : What? What happened?

  Sophie Moore : It's not just Batwoman's file. They're uploading DNA profiles from dozens of Crows investigations.

  Luke Fox : You can't single hers out?

  Sophie Moore : That's the problem. They made the file labels numbers for anonymity. There are no names, meaning there's no way to tell them apart. The only way to get Batwoman's would be to corrupt them all.

  Luke Fox : How serious are these cases?

  Sophie Moore : This being Gotham, we can be damn sure it's not for jaywalking. If we did this, we wouldn't just be protecting Batwoman. We would be protecting rapists and murderers. We can't do it, Luke.

  Luke Fox : What about Batwoman, Sophie? The results will be back in a matter of minutes. What are we supposed to do?

  Sophie Moore : I might have an idea.

• Sophie Moore : I know how you feel about vigilantes, sir, but instead of wasting our time with Batwoman, shouldn't we be trying to figure out who Black Mask is?

  Colonel Jacob Kane : Well, we were, but Batwoman got in the way of that, ruined our undercover operation, and cost us a chance to take down Black Mask.

  Sophie Moore : She's on our side, Commander.

  Colonel Jacob Kane : Heh. Well, if that were true, she wouldn't mind being on a first-name basis.

  Sophie Moore : Is that the real reason you're doing this? Trust? Or is it because every time you see her, you think of Kate?

  Colonel Jacob Kane : Get out of my office, Moore.

  Sophie Moore : Excuse me?

  Colonel Jacob Kane : You think a little fling with my daughter five years ago gives you permission to tell me how to do my job?

  Sophie Moore : Sir, I... I didn't mean to overstep.

  Colonel Jacob Kane : Get out of my office now.

• Mary Hamilton : Hey. Got you a prezzie.

  Sophie Moore : Mary, kind of busy right now. I-I can't really do...

  Mary Hamilton : [pointedly]  It's not from me. It's from someone who knows how hard you are to shop for, and he got you this.

  [Sophie opens it] 

  Mary Hamilton : It's a targeted kill drive. Your lab is turning Batwoman's DNA evidence into a bunch of ones and zeroes, and that guy will rearrange those ones and zeroes, making it unreadable.

  Sophie Moore : Didn't know you were on Batwoman's payroll, as well.

  Mary Hamilton : Oh. Huh? No. Luke just asked me as a favor, 'cause we hang out casually as friends.

  Sophie Moore : [skeptical]  Uh-huh.

  Mary Hamilton : Yeah.

  Sophie Moore : [leaving together]  So, according to the Bat team, if I use this device, then when the file is transmitted to the DNA registry, it won't match anything?

  Mary Hamilton : Yeah.

  Sophie Moore : That's pretty clever. So, did Luke include an instruction manual?

  Mary Hamilton : No, but he is available for tech support. You just have to plug that little cutie into any computer in the building with tier one access.

  Sophie Moore : Tier one access? There's only one person with that.

  [indicating Jacob's office] 

  Sophie Moore : Your dad's been holed up in there for hours. How the hell do you expect me to get him to leave?

  Mary Hamilton : Why do you think I'm here?

• Sophie Moore : [at the Bat-Signal]  Hi.

  Batwoman : It's not a pager. A little busy here.

  Sophie Moore : Well, unless you want to give me your name and number...

  Batwoman : Uh-huh. What do you want?

  Sophie Moore : First off, lose the 'tude. I'm doing you a favor. I thought you should know the Crows are in the process of extracting your DNA profile from blood spatter found at the Snakebite facility. Once they have that, they're gonna upload it to the National DNA Registry. Of course, they'll need something to match it against, so you should be good, unless of course you've ever been in the system. Anything you want to tell me?

  Batwoman : Other than you need to destroy that sample?

  Sophie Moore : It's already being processed. They'll have the profile in a few hours. Arrest warrant won't be long after that.

  Batwoman : I better use what time I have left to save the one person who had the guts to testify against Black Mask. Remember her? The one the Crows were supposed to protect?

  Sophie Moore : [Batwoman moves to leave]  Wait. I can't make any promises about the sample, but I'll do my best.

  Batwoman : Let's hope that's enough.