Supergirl (TV Series)

In Search of Lost Time (2018)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onzz

Quotes 

• J'onn J'onzz : [playing Charades]  That doesn't count.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Why?

  J'onn J'onzz : Because you're shape-shifting, dad.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : [dressed like an astronaut]  Oh.

  [he shape-shifts back to normal] 

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Human games have so many rules.

  Kara Danvers : He didn't break any of the rules.

  Alex Danvers : It's... you know what? It's fine. Just let him have it. We're slaughtering 'em, anyway.

  Winn Schott : [he laughs]  Hey, the Martian Man-Father strikes again.

  Kara Danvers : Martian Man-Father?

  Winn Schott : Fine. The Martian Dad Hunter.

• M'yrnn J'onzz : "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover."

  Alex Danvers : What?

  J'onn J'onzz : Cheating again. Come on, dad, no mind reading.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You keep accusing me of not following the rules. You are one to talk.

  [J'onn is confused] 

  M'yrnn J'onzz : My son used to wait for me to leave, and the moment I had gone, he would switch around the pieces on the Ok-Rock-Tock board. When I caught him, he blamed his imaginary friend... what was his name?

  James Olsen : Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. You had an imaginary friend?

  J'onn J'onzz : No, I...

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Oh, yes, he did. You said he was a fifth-dimensiona imp who came just to move the pieces. What was his name?

  J'onn J'onzz : [giving in]  Zook.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Zook!

  Alex Danvers , James Olsen , Winn Schott , Kara Danvers : [amused]  Zook!

  M'yrnn J'onzz : "Zook! Zook did it! It was Zook!" That was you.

• Kara Danvers : Your dad, he's... he's strong.

  J'onn J'onzz : Yeah, he seems to be taking this better than I am. He's doing everything he can to keep his mind sharp.

• J'onn J'onzz : What if Reign and Purity find Pestilence before we do?

  Mon-El : They won't.

  Kara Danvers : And if they do, we'll be ready. Which means it's time for us to start training. Teach me how you fight in the future.

  Mon-El : Think it's time we make you a Legionnaire.

• Supergirl : [after the psychic anomaly]  It's like what I saw the Kalanorian do in the bar.

  Alex Danvers : I told you she needed more observation.

  Supergirl : Well, it's still visiting hours.

  Alex Danvers : Let's go see her.

  J'onn J'onzz : In the meantime, Agent Schott, round up the inhibitors we used against Psi. Recalibrate them. Make sure there's enough to go around. I didn't take enough precautions last time, I will now.

• Supergirl : J'onn, you knew?

  J'onn J'onzz : I didn't wanna believe it was getting worse. My father has been using a Martian practice called Ta'ar Ka'riq to move his memories and emotions from the decaying parts of his mind to the healthy parts. But it takes tremendous amounts of energy. Sometimes psychic bleeds can happen. And the more powerful the Martian, the more powerful the bleed. Other psychic species, like Kalanorians, would be the first to feel the effects. When an attack intensifies, it can affect anyone in close proximity, and not just other psychics. I brought M'yrnn to the DEO because I... felt I could put a shield over this place and keep you all safe, but... my father's angry about what's happening to his mind. And his aggression was being funneled into all of you.

  Alex Danvers : Can't you help him with the dampening technology?

  J'onn J'onzz : He has relied on his mind his entire life. First as a theologian, then as a prisoner. It's what kept him alive for 300 years. The White Martians may have had him locked in a cage, but he was still free. This technology would make him reliant on me. It would strip him of the one thing the White Martians never could. His independence, his, um... his dignity.

  Alex Danvers : I remember sitting in, uh... in my kitchen when my mom got the call that my grandmother drove through a traffic light. By the grace of God, nobody was hurt. That was one of the hardest things my mom had to do, taking away her keys. She told my mom off, and she cried. Suddenly she's in this position she's never been in before. She's an adult being treated like a child. And it was ugly, and painful. But it's what had to be done. For her protection. For everyone's protection.

  J'onn J'onzz : I can face down the toughest adversaries without fear, but talking to my father about this... I don't wanna take away more from him than he's already lost. I just got him back. The practice of Ta'ar Ka'riq keeps him as close to the man I've always known, and I... I don't wanna give that up.

  Supergirl : My uncle Jor-El used to say "The son becomes the father, and the father the son."

• M'yrnn J'onzz : I am sorry for the pain I caused. I hurt you, all of you. I was so fearful of losing control of what's left of my life, I refused to accept what was happening. And it nearly cost me everything I hold dear.

  J'onn J'onzz : I hoped I would've been able to protect you all better.

  Alex Danvers : You protect us all the time, J'onn.

  Supergirl : Tonight was our turn.

• Alex Danvers : Well, she's a Kalanorian. No criminal record.

  Kara Danvers : Then why'd she go all "Road House" on me? Demos says she wasn't provoked.

  J'onn J'onzz : Kalanorians are psychics. Empaths.

  Alex Danvers : Well, maybe she got her signals crossed with another psychic?

  J'onn J'onzz : [his eyes turn red as he scans her]  I'm not seeing any psionic anomalies.

  Alex Danvers : Well, she tore that bar up.

  J'onn J'onzz : Her species are prone to outbursts during astronomical events.

  Alex Danvers : Such as?

  J'onn J'onzz : Mercury's in retrograde.

  Alex Danvers : Wait, what?

  Kara Danvers : Like astrology?

  J'onn J'onzz : More like complex luminal and gravatic shifts that detrmine Kalanorian brain function, but sure, astrology. Put her containment. We have these Worldkillers to focus on.

• M'yrnn J'onzz : You are worried about something, my son. Speak.

  J'onn J'onzz : Uh... just... how are you feeling?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Never better. Ok-Rock-Tock is good for my mind.

  J'onn J'onzz : Sure. Memory, strategy.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : More than that. It hears my thoughts. It connects me to my ancestors as I navigate the labyrinth of the board. Centering me. Easing my mind.

  J'onn J'onzz : That's good. That's good, and it's, um... it's helping?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : It's been twelve hours and forty-six minutes since you asked. You fear my condition has worsened in this time?

  J'onn J'onzz : No. It's just that... we did bring in a Kalanorian who had a psychic breakdown at a bar.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : I thought I felt something.

• M'yrnn J'onzz : You know I have been doing the Ta'ar Ka'riq to keep my memories from fleeing. You should have told me there were Kalanorians here.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'm sorry, Father.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : In any event, I will be more careful. Now, come. Play a match with me. I never tire of beating you.

  J'onn J'onzz : I got to get back to work. Why don't you bring the game to the DEO, and we can play later?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : As soon as I finish my game against Zook.

  [looking around] 

  M'yrnn J'onzz : He was right here. Where is he?

  J'onn J'onzz : [concerned]  Dad?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : [smiling with a wink]  A joke.

  J'onn J'onzz : Not funny, dad.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Only because you did not see your face.

• Demos : Really, coward? Have you ever even held a gun before?

  Winn Schott : [pulling back the slide to chamber a round]  I'm holding one now.

  [Demos disarms him, and Alex enters to break up the fight] 

  Alex Danvers : Hey! Hey! Knock it off! Knock it off!

  [she fights off Demos] 

  Alex Danvers : [to Winn]  I am always cleaning up your messes.

  Winn Schott : Get out of my face!

  Supergirl : [entering to pull Alex off Winn]  Hey! Hey, break it up! Come on! Get off of him.

  Alex Danvers : [everything suddenly returns to normal]  What the hell just happened?

  J'onn J'onzz : It was a psychic anomaly. I put a barrier up to protect you all.

  Alex Danvers : Oh, god. Winn, I'm sorry. Are you okay?

  Winn Schott : I'm kind of... I feel like I'm gonna bleed.

• M'yrnn J'onzz : Why did you bring me in here?

  J'onn J'onzz : Just to talk.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : I'd prefer to go back to my prayer room. Or better yet, take me home.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'm afraid I can't do that.

• J'onn J'onzz : As you've been struggling with your illness, your psychic waves have escaped. It's... it's affecting people.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : No. I would know if it did. I've done nothing wrong. I would never hurt anyone.

  J'onn J'onzz : No one thinks you're trying to hurt them, Father. It happened with the Kalanorian.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : A Kalanorian? On this planet? Why didn't you tell me about this?

  J'onn J'onzz : We spoke about it.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : We did no such thing.

  J'onn J'onzz : Dad, you're forgetting.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : No! I will get control of it.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'm afraid you are not able to. Not by yourself.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Don't you dare tell your father what he is or isn't able to do!

• M'yrnn J'onzz : What are these for?

  J'onn J'onzz : They're just in case. They suppress our powers.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Is that to help me, too?

  J'onn J'onzz : It's to help quell your mind, Father. So that I may assist you in the practice of Ta'ar Ka'riq.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You would cage me?

  J'onn J'onzz : Never.

• J'onn J'onzz : Father, look around you. You're hurting people. Your mind is doing this.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : No. You are trying to trick me.

  J'onn J'onzz : I would never do that. I love you. All I want to do is protect you, as you have tried to protect me my entire life.

• J'onn J'onzz : The son becomes the father.