Supergirl (TV Series)

Both Sides Now (2018)

Chris Wood: Mon-El

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• Imra Ardeen : I'm sorry you lost the Worldkiller. But I... you didn't think to call me about the fight?

  Mon-El : I know. I, uh... I'm sorry for the way that I've been acting. It's just... being back here, it's... it's been very confusing for me.

  Imra Ardeen : You don't think I already know that? I mean, that fight last night, Mon-El, was so stupid.

  Mon-El : What, about the Legion manual?

  Imra Ardeen : You think I'm bothered that you misplaced the manual? I was upset before that. We were sitting in the DEO. Supergirl was talking about Reign, and you got this look in your eye, one that I know so well. You had the same look the first time you told me you loved me.

  Mon-El : Spending time with Kara again has, um, been more difficult than I could have imagined.

  Imra Ardeen : Are you still in love with her?

  Mon-El : I don't know.

• Winn Schott : A Bel Air. Oh! Your ship is a Bel Air?

  J'onn J'onzz : Indeed. Two four-barrel carburetors, Duntov cam.

  Winn Schott : What's the mileage?

  J'onn J'onzz : About 700 million.

  Mon-El : I didn't know you knew about cars, Winn.

  Winn Schott : Oh, please. If you can take it apart and put it back together, you better believe I know about it.

  [J'onn opens the car hood] 

  Winn Schott : Ooh. Yeah.

  [as he reaches in to touch something, J'onn slaps his hand away] 

  Winn Schott : Look, don't touch. Got it.

• Mon-El : Winn, hey, I heard you fixed it. How did you...

  Winn Schott : I mean, I... I assisted.

  Imra Ardeen : That was a little more than an assist. He researched Moran math. They currently run their entire measurement system on a scale of twelve instead of ten.

  Winn Schott : Yeah, sort of how in America, we use inches instead of the metric system. They must have switched over before this here battery was invented, which, actually, you know, gives me hope for America.

  Mon-El : So we were overloading the fuel cells.

  Winn Schott : Bingo.

  Mon-El : Thanks, Winn.

  Winn Schott : I mean, if you really wanna thank me, you could, uh, let me take this out for a test drive. Just saying.

• J'onn J'onzz : Is that Lisa Loeb?

  Mon-El : I thought the target's name was Julia Freeman.

• Mon-El : [to Kara]  Hey, you okay? You took a couple of serious blows back there at the house.

  Winn Schott : Oh, hey, you know what? I analyzed the frequency of the Worldkillers' vibrations when I was in the van. It turnsout, it is tuned specifically to hurt Kryptonians.

  J'onn J'onzz : Luckily, the inhibitors in the cell seem to be working on her.

  Alex Danvers : Yeah, you do seem a bit off. Maybe we should run some tests. Guys?

  J'onn J'onzz : [turning to leave with Winn and Mon-El]  Yeah, sure. We'll leave you to it.

  Winn Schott : Oh, yeah, yeah.

  Alex Danvers : Thanks.

  Winn Schott : Break.

  Supergirl : It's not the sonic blast that's bothering me.

• Mon-El : Hey, J'onn, by the way, I need your help with something.

  J'onn J'onzz : Yeah? What is it?

  Mon-El : Well, you know that our Legion ship is the only way home. And in about a day, we're gonna lose the ability to fly.

  J'onn J'onzz : Is there some way to fix it?

  Mon-El : Yeah, and I think the part might be in your ship.

  Winn Schott : Whoa. Whoa. You guys are... are doing spaceship repair? 'Cause I need to see that.

  J'onn J'onzz : You're busy.

  Winn Schott : Oh, come on. The decoder, it's... it's doing its thing. It's gonna take, like... like, five hours.

  J'onn J'onzz : Fine. But you're coming back here the second there's a breakthrough with that crystal.

• J'onn J'onzz : Why did you want to see my ship?

  Mon-El : Well, the Moran battery in our cruiser died last week.

  Winn Schott : Wait, your ship doesn't have any power?

  Mon-El : Well, not entirely. There's... there's five power sources.

  J'onn J'onzz : But a Moran battery generates anti-gravitational field.

  Mon-El : Which is how the ship flies. But if the circuits are without power long enough, they degrade.

  Winn Schott : And turn into a pumpkin. Got it.

  Mon-El : So the only way to save it is we use the Moran battery from your ship to regenerate the fuel cells in ours.

  J'onn J'onzz : Got it.

  Winn Schott : Oh. So you need a jump?

  Mon-El : Yeah.

  Winn Schott : Easy.

  [J'onn removes an alien-looking battery] 

  Winn Schott : [with a laugh of appreciation]  Ooh! Oh-ho-ho-ho! Now, that battery looks like it packs a punch. Can I hold it?

  J'onn J'onzz : No.

  Winn Schott : Okay.

• Imra Ardeen : I gather it's not going too well.

  J'onn J'onzz : Uh, not at presently, but we will get there.

  Imra Ardeen : Brainy and I took a look into that Thyseria rock, but, uh, it was a dead end. Did you get the battery working?

  Mon-El : No, but I'm handling it.

  Imra Ardeen : Okay. Did you try recalibrating it?

  Mon-El : Yes, Imra, I'm handling it.

  Imra Ardeen : Okay, look, I may not be a twelfth-level intellect, Mon-El, but I'm sharp. And as I said last night, there's no need of telling me anything twice. Ever.

  Mon-El : Imra, please don't do this.

  Imra Ardeen : I'm just doing exactly what you taught me when I joined the Legion. I'm just speaking the truth.

• Mon-El : I thought you left.

  J'onn J'onzz : I did, but, uh, only to get these.

  [holding up a pair of liquor bottles] 

  J'onn J'onzz : Come on. It's sort of a Martian moonshine. It's kind of spicy. It has a consciousness-enhancing quality to it.

  Mon-El : This has a label.

  J'onn J'onzz : Oh, yeah. They sell it in the alien bars. Doing quite well.

• Mon-El : Imra and I have a, uh... complicated history. We didn't exactly choose to get married to one another. So, she's from this important family, uh, on Titan. And Titan was the head of this faction of planets that were very against Earth and its allies. So, in the early days of the Legion, we needed to do something... symbolic. You know, to show that we represented everyone.

  J'onn J'onzz : You united the planets when you got married?

  Mon-El : There it is.

  J'onn J'onzz : Wow.

  Mon-El : And I was still mourning Kara. Imra and I were friends and... and partners, and I was fond of her. I respected her. But I knew that marrying Imra would help so many. It just... it seemed like the logical thing to do. And then, with time, I mean, I... our pretend marriage became more real and our feelings deepened, and... and I... I grew to love her. I was content. But with Kara, I mean...

  [he laughs] 

  Mon-El : There was nothing logical about falling in love with Kara. I mean, she was... she was a Kryptonian elitist, and I was this completely self-absorbed misogynist. Not anymore. But what I felt for her, it was... it was just... being back here is, um... I've had to keep a distance from Kara because whenever I'm around her, these old feelings get stirred up. And then I have to hide it from Imra. But lately, there's just been all this friction between us 'cause of... I know it's my fault, and I just... I don't know what to do.

  J'onn J'onzz : You know, if you think keeping secrets from your wife is hard, you should try keeping secrets from a Martian. My wife and I would, uh... would bond and literally share our thoughts and feelings every night. Marriage is sharing, Mon-El. Everything. You are not a criminal because you have complicated feelings. If you truly love and honor Imra, maybe you should let her in.

• Supergirl : I'm not underestimating her again.

  Alex Danvers : Ever.

  Winn Schott : Uh, speaking of... presents. I have revamped some old sonic technology to cut out the frequency that she hit you with before.

  Mon-El : Yeah, but will they work?

  Winn Schott : Wait, you really asked me that? Uh, it's, like, nine... ninety... five percent sure.

  J'onn J'onzz : Good work, Agent Schott.

  Winn Schott : Hey, anytime. Now, go, do superheroic stuff.

• Imra Ardeen : Thank you for being honest. It's why I fell in love with you in the first point.

  Mon-El : Imra, I swear to you that I will always be honest to you. Okay? I... I... I respect and love you. This is more difficult than anything I could have fathomed. But we will work through it, okay?

  Imra Ardeen : Mon-El, I'm... I haven't been completely honest with you. I always knew there was a risk when Brainy and I planned this mission.

  Mon-El : What mission?

  Imra Ardeen : It's time for me to tell you the truth about why we're really here.

• J'onn J'onzz : You know, I, um... it's been a couple of centuries, but I was once married. Seventy-seven years, in fact. So I'm quite familiar with the marital spat.

  Mon-El : Yeah, it's, uh... it's not what you think.

  J'onn J'onzz : It might help to talk about it.

  Mon-El : Yeah, thanks, but, um... but I don't... I don't think so.

  J'onn J'onzz : You keep a lot of secrets, young man. Usually, they're to protect others, so your intentions are good, but it really might help if you share the load.