Supergirl (TV Series)

Call to Action (2018)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onzz

Quotes 

• J'onn J'onzz : Hey.

  Manchester Black : My favorite Martian. Sorry, you probably hear it all the time.

  J'onn J'onzz : You didn't reply to my invitation.

  Manchester Black : Right, uh, yeah. Pilgrim Day. I'm just not up for it, man.

  J'onn J'onzz : Right. It's just that I was worried that those leaflets might stir up some bad feelings for you.

  Manchester Black : Nothing I can't handle.

  J'onn J'onzz : Well, maybe a turkey dinner will help. It's a small gathering; we'd love to have you, although I can't promise there won't be Charades.

  Manchester Black : As much as I love Charades...

  J'onn J'onzz : [amused laugh]  I understand. I understand.

  [writing down Kara's address] 

  J'onn J'onzz : Well, look, man, if you change your mind, here's my friend's address.

  Manchester Black : [J'onn turns to leave]  J'onn. Thanks for thinking of me.

• Eliza Danvers : How did things go with your Children of Liberty contact? Doesn't seem very safe, James.

  James Olsen : I happened to meet with a regular guy named Tom who happens to be afraid of aliens and afraid of their capabilities, and he feels inferior.

  Kara Danvers : People can be powerful, too. You and Alex are examples of that, James.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, but not as powerful as aliens. I mean, no matter how many weights you lift, you'll never be as strong as Supergirl.

  Alex Danvers : No, but with technology, we can hold our own.

  Lena Luthor : What if we could do more? What if we could make people super?

  Eliza Danvers : It's not possible. The biological processes that cause alien powers are incompatible with human DNA.

  Lena Luthor : Okay, but just say we could, right? If James is right and people feeling inferior is what makes them join these hate groups, then we could just... level the playing field.

  J'onn J'onzz : The last thing we need is a bunch of evil people running around with superpowers.

  Lena Luthor : Okay, but evil people wouldn't get powers.

  James Olsen : So only certain people qualify?

  Alex Danvers : And who would decide who gets them? They'd be playing God.

• Nia Nal : It seems scarier now that they've trained dogs to identify aliens.

  James Olsen : They have?

  Kara Danvers : Yep. Actually, the guy Supergirl fought the other night had a dog.

  Alex Danvers : What are you thinking, James?

  James Olsen : Tom and I were walking his dog yesterday, and-and the dog kept barking at certain houses.

  Nia Nal : Alien houses.

  J'onn J'onzz : Did they mark them somehow?

  James Olsen : I mean, he-he kept texting somebody who he claimed to be his wife, but I... I guess he could have been texting somebody else to-to mark those addresses for later.

• Lena Luthor : That's a low-spectrum enhancer. You use it to see infrared.

  Alex Danvers : [taking it from Brainy]  Here, let me see that.

  [holding it up to her eye and looking out at the skyline] 

  Alex Danvers : Look, I see one right there.

  J'onn J'onzz : All right, so they're going to attack. Question is when?

  Querl Dox : Twilight's last gleaming. It's the title of their manifesto. Tells them when to strike.

  James Olsen : Twilight's last gleaming is sunset.

  Kara Danvers : Then we don't have much time.

• J'onn J'onzz : Eliza left so soon. She usually stays a few days.

  Alex Danvers : Mmm. She had to get to her... all right, let me see if I get this right, ethno-xeno biology conference where she is speaking about the regressive hereditary traits of inter-terrestrial children.

  Kara Danvers : Wow, I'm really glad she didn't talk to Nia about that, 'cause she would have put her right to sleep.

  Alex Danvers : I did see the two of them talking, though. Mom was trying to find her a doctor, but Nia said she already had one.

  Kara Danvers : That's weird. She told me she hadn't found one yet. Why would she lie about that?

• J'onn J'onzz : I'm sorry you're worried about your friend, but at least you got Agent Haley to make the Children of Liberty an urgent matter for the DEO. That's a big win.

  Kara Danvers : Well, we did stop the Children of Liberty from hurting innocent aliens. But Agent Liberty is still out there. And the rhetoric of hate is growing. Just haven't figured out how to win this fight yet. With so many people siding with fear, how far will this go?

  J'onn J'onzz : History tells us moments like this can get very, very ugly. I've seen it with my own eyes.

  Alex Danvers : We won this time. But this is gonna be a fight like no other. It's gonna be one step forward and two steps back.