- [first lines]
- Kara Danvers: I know some of you are scared. I know some of you have never done this before. I know some of you are ready to get out there and prove yourselves. But just remember why we do this. We do this for the people.
- [Winn holds up a microphone; cut to them at a karaoke bar]
- J'onn J'onzz: See, I told you you had nothing to worry about.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: Karaoke is not for the weak. It requires either great courage or a complete lack of shame. But I like it.
- Mon-El: Hey, can we talk real quick? It's, uh, kind of important.
- Winn Schott: [on stage] Here we go.
- Kara Danvers: Yeah, yeah. Of course. In a second. Uh, Winn's about to melt our faces off.
- James Olsen: So, Imra's telepathic?
- Mon-El: Uh, no, it's kinetic. You know, she moves stuff, not reads minds.
- James Olsen: Ah. That's kind of a cool party trick. Can she move you?
- Mon-El: [amused laugh] Yeah, she's, uh... she's pretty impressive.
- James Olsen: Well, she's gotta be. You never were into wallflowers.
- Supergirl: [as a bomb in Winn, Sr's casket explodes] Everybody, get down!
- Mary McGowan: Bastard always wanted to go out with a bang.
- Mary McGowan: Leaving you, it gutted me. And I've carried that with me every day of my life, but I had to, Winn, because your father...
- Winn Schott: Oh, no, I'm sorry, let me guess. He threatened your life.
- Mary McGowan: No, Winn. He threatened yours. He told me that if I went near you, ever, that he would kill you. And when he died, I thought it was safe. But I was wrong. You're still in danger.
- Winn Schott: I don't believe you.
- Mary McGowan: You saw what your father did at his own funeral.
- Winn Schott: I saw the last grasping prank of a lunatic. And now what I'm hearing is an excuse. Twenty years in the making. Hey, I had twenty years to think, too. You want to know what I think about the most? Let me set the scene for you. It's the night dad finally snapped. And I'm sitting in the police station, freezing cold, 'cause I'm in my pajamas. When the police came and picked me up from home, I was asleep. Remember? In bed. Alone. And the nice officer, he-he drapes the coat over my shoulders. I feel a little better. So I'm sitting there, and my cold little feet are dangling in the air, and I'm waiting. I'm waiting for my mom to pick me up. 'Cause they said that they-they-they called you. Yeah. Yeah, they said it was just gonna be like an hour, and then they'd explain everything. And then it was two hours. And then it was just the next morning. When I lie in bed at night, staring up at the ceiling, unable to sleep, I-I'm not wondering why dad finally, suddenly snapped. No, that doesn't haunt me. What haunts me is you. You, who left me, when I needed you the most. With no explanation, no goodbye.
- Mary McGowan: I'm so sorry.
- Winn Schott: [turning to leave] I don't care anymore.
- Mary McGowan: Winn...
- Winn Schott: I don't need your excuses. You wanna keep me safe? Great. You know what you should do? Leave again!
- Mary McGowan: That is an angry monkey corpse.
- Winn Schott: I was hoping to access this thing's inner workings, but it's like a game of Operation. Every time I get close to cracking it, it just zaps me.
- Mary McGowan: Can I try? I love Operation.
- Winn Schott: I'm not sure if you noticed, but it's, like, a top-secret government facility in here.
- Mary McGowan: Oh, nobody cares.
- [to a passing agent]
- Mary McGowan: Are you paid enough to care? No, of course not.
- [to another agent]
- Mary McGowan: You should unionize, by the way.
- Mary McGowan: Do you remember when I took you to Disneyland when you were nine?
- Winn Schott: Do I remember? Yeah, we drove overnight, 'cause you wanted to be there the second it opened. And then we get into a car accident at 2:00 a.m. in the morning and dad has to come and pick us up and takes us home. We never actually went to Disneyland.
- Mary McGowan: No. We were never going there. We were going to a domestic abuse shelter. And he ran us off the road. Stole a car, sped down the highway, ran us into a ditch. You sat dazed in the back seat with a concussion, and he and I had it out on the shoulder of the interstate. That's the night that he threatened to kill you, his only son, just to hurt me. Your father didn't just go to bed normal and wake up the next morning a monster. He was paranoid, he was controlling, he... he w... he was mean.
- Winn Schott: I never saw it.
- Mary McGowan: I didn't want you to. And I'm sorry, Winn. I'm sorry that-that... I couldn't get us out from under his shadow. That I couldn't save you.
- Winn Schott: That's not on you.
- Mary McGowan: Maybe not, but the last twenty years, those were. And you were right about that. But I just wanted you to understand why.
- Mon-El: So, what about you? Huh?
- James Olsen: You know, same old. You know, work's work.
- Mon-El: You seein' anybody?
- James Olsen: No, not really.
- Mon-El: Why are you checking your phone every fifteen seconds, then?
- James Olsen: Fair point. Yeah, there's somebody. But we haven't, like, you know, really figured out what we're doing yet, so...
- Mon-El: You happy?
- James Olsen: Working on it.
- Mon-El: [raising his beer bottle] To working on it.
- Alex Danvers: You have a stunning apartment, that I haven't been invited to yet.
- J'onn J'onzz: Oh, we're still getting it together.
- Alex Danvers: It's been three months, okay? I think it's time for a housewarming party.
- J'onn J'onzz: I don't think so.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: Yes. The house's temperature is quite comfortable.
- J'onn J'onzz: [seeing Alex's look] Well, we could do dinner.
- Mary McGowan: Sorry about the mess.
- Supergirl: Oh, this? This is... that's not your fault.
- Mary McGowan: Can I ask, uh, when it comes to your day-to-day, on a scale of one to ten, how big of a pain in the ass are flying monkeys?
- Supergirl: Maybe a two.
- Mary McGowan: Oh.
- Supergirl: Does that make you feel better?
- Mary McGowan: Yes. Very much so.
- Mary McGowan: Hey, Buffalo Bill, why are you doing this to us?
- Jacqueline Nimball: Us? Who's "us"? The shrew wife who wouldn't let her husband have any fun? The son who never wrote, never called, never visited his lonely, ailing father in prison? You really think you're a pair worthy of sympathy? Or mercy?
- Mary McGowan: You knew my husband.
- Jacqueline Nimball: I worked maintenance at the penitentiary. He was a brilliant, dedicated man. A once-in-a-lifetime mind. He graced me with everything he knew. And, in exchange, I promised to carry out his wishes. Even after he died.
- Mary McGowan: Oh. So you're his patsy.
- Jacqueline Nimball: His apprentice. His protege. And the executor of his final wishes. To punish you, if you broke the rules. I'm gonna kill your son. I'm gonna make you watch, just like Winslow wanted. Then I'm gonna kill you, too.
- Winn Schott: [besting Jacqueline] Childish things.
- Mary McGowan: Thank you, Winn. We've got to get that cleaned out right now before it gets infected. When was your last tetanus shot?
- Winn Schott: Mom, recently. I am very cautious.
- Mary McGowan: [watching Mon-El sing karaoke] This is unfortunate.
- Winn Schott: Oh, white-boy rock.
- [to Mon-El]
- Winn Schott: Hey, rookie mistake, bud!
- Winn Schott: [learning his father died] Hey, I'm... I'm okay. It's-it's... it's okay. Just...
- James Olsen: Do you mind if I stay out here for a second with you?
- Winn Schott: Like, he's just gone, right? That-that's all. I mean, it's not like anything's gonna change. I never talked to him, I never saw him, I...
- James Olsen: That doesn't mean you never felt him.
- Winn Schott: What's that... I'm supposed to be feeling something, right? I don't feel... anything. I don't think. Um... just go inside.
- James Olsen: I'm not going back in.
- Mary McGowan: Do you recognize me? It's been a while.
- Winn Schott: I know how long it's been. You just missed him.
- Mary McGowan: Oh, I wouldn't say that. I never missed him. I'm not here for him.
- Winn Schott: Oh, so you're here for me? Wow, mom, it's a little late.
- Mary McGowan: You have every right to be furious with me.
- Winn Schott: [sarcastic] Oh, thank you. Thank you for your permission.
- Mary McGowan: But I am so happy to see you. Honey, you don't understand it yet, but we're finally safe.
- Supergirl: I hate to ask, but I have to.
- Winn Schott: He's dead, Kara.
- Supergirl: Are you sure?
- Winn Schott: He's dead! Look, I had the warden and two separate medical examiners sign off on the body. I had them cross-check his dental records and his fingerprints, just to be sure. The dude in the box was my father, okay?
- Supergirl: So why blow himself up at his own funeral?
- James Olsen: Maybe for the headline.
- Winn Schott: Yeah. "Toyman's last trick." Sounds about right.
- J'onn J'onzz: I still think we should run a full mass spectrometry on the explosive residue, Winn. It may tell us who's helping your father.
- Winn Schott: No one is helping him! Seriously, he was a crazy person. Crazy people do crazy things. Like, oh, I don't know, mass murder.
- Alex Danvers: Well, I'm happy to report that Mary has a clean bill of health. She wants to talk to you.
- Winn Schott: [not interested] Yeah, she's had twenty years to talk to me.
- Mary McGowan: So, you work with Supergirl. You should sit up straight, be proud.
- Winn Schott: You cannot be down here.
- Mary McGowan: Oh, please. If anyone asks, I'm just looking for the bathroom.
- Winn Schott: It's around the corner to the left. Okay, bye now.
- Mary McGowan: Yeah, I tried that one, but it was closed for "enhanced interrogation."
- [seeing another agent's expression]
- Mary McGowan: Kidding. Jeez. Just kidding.
- Winn Schott: You think this is funny?
- Mary McGowan: Oh, a little gallows humor never killed anybody. Well, except for the fellas hanging from the gallows.
- James Olsen: Well, your mom's right. Somebody is definitely helping your dad out.
- Winn Schott: I just honestly just wish she would leave. Like, who the hell does she think she is, anyway, huh? Like, she doesn't just get to walk back into my life after twenty years. No, I did not get a say in her walking out. I definitely get a say in her walking back in.
- James Olsen: It's a fair point.
- Winn Schott: Yeah. You-you think that I should?
- [James shrugs]
- Winn Schott: No! Dude, no. Don't... don't think that I should.
- James Olsen: Brother, it doesn't matter what I think. It matters what you need.
- Winn Schott: Even if, even *if*, my dad had threatened to kill me, she could have done a thousand other things. Gone to the police, the FBI. No. Instead, she decided to abandon me. And you know what? She has to deal with the consequences. I don't... you know, if-if she'd have stayed, then, maybe, you know, we could have had a... you know, a great relationship.
- James Olsen: Let-let me stop you right there. That is a dangerous thought exercise designed purely to just piss you off.
- [Winn continues to tinker in silence]
- James Olsen: When my dad died, my mom did everything for me and my sister. She worked night and day, she busted her ass, and I still blamed her. Because she was the only one there. And that was rough. We got over it, though. You know, took a long time, and a lot of forgiveness, and me taking responsibiity for my part in that. You can't change what happened, but she's here now. It's up to you what you wanna do with that.
- Mary McGowan: I always knew he was brilliant and capable, but I worried when I left that he'd go the same way his dad did.
- Supergirl: He worried about that, too.
- Mary McGowan: I should have been here to tell him that he and his father were worlds apart. Did his friends tell him?
- Supergirl: We did.
- Mary McGowan: Thank you for that.
- Supergirl: Well, it was easy. He doesn't always get the credit, but... he keeps us going around here. He's always the one with some crazy idea that no one else would possibly dream of.
- Mary McGowan: My son works with Supergirl. It's just such a relief. He saves lives. I just wish he'd let me tell him how proud I am of him.
- Supergirl: I think he will. Eventually.
- Mary McGowan: Did I ever tell you I was once your father's apprentice?
- Winn Schott: I thought you two met in Ivy Town.
- Mary McGowan: Uh, we were both students, yes, but that's not where we met. I kept the books at the local toy store and your father was the genius stock boy. And he taught me about the math in the machine. One and one is two; it's simple, it's elegant. It's clean. Just like a wind-up toy.
- [popping a piece of the monkey off]
- Mary McGowan: Your father's mind was a wind-up toy. I know what made it tick.
- Winn Schott: So then you knew how to stop him from, uh, going crazy and killing a bunch of people.
- James Olsen: Any luck on figuring out who's behind the Toyman attacks?
- Mary McGowan: No, but we've discovered a thousand ways how not to make a flying monkey.
- Winn Schott: And also a few ways to make better flying monkeys.
- Mary McGowan: Oh, the wiring on these is amateurish, at best.
- Winn Schott: Alas, we are no closer to finding out who actually built them.
- Winn Schott: Have you guys seen my mom?
- Mon-El: I thought you two were putting Humpty Dumpty together again.
- Jacqueline Nimball: I have your mother, but you can trade your life for hers. She's hanging around at the old Wiggins Game Company factory. But hurry, Junior, the pressure is on.
- Mary McGowan: Winn, don't come here.
- Supergirl: I'll go.
- Mon-El: Me, too.
- Winn Schott: Not without me.
- James Olsen: That's exactly what she wants.
- Winn Schott: I've spent my entire life trying to fight off the part of me that's like my dad, but now... now I can use it. Let's go.
- Winn Schott: [being chased by a toy car] We got a thing on our twelve.
- James Olsen: That's our six.
- Winn Schott: I'm very stressed right now!
- [a small flamethrower mounted on top fires]
- Winn Schott: Literal Hot Wheels!
- Jacqueline Nimball: Heat vision, freeze breath, and so many points of articulation? I think I'll keep you.
- [Supergirl is enclosed in a life-size plastic package for action figures]
- Jacqueline Nimball: It's so rare to find a vintage superhero in mint condition.
- Winn Schott: Mom!
- Mary McGowan: Turn around and leave right now!
- Winn Schott: I'm here to rescue you.
- Mary McGowan: Don't Luke Skywalker me. This crazy woman is trying to kill you. Don't give her the chance.
- Jacqueline Nimball: Well, if it isn't Toyman Jr. barreling headlong into danger. I see your father left you none of his brains.
- Winn Schott: Oh, really? 'Cause I-I see that he left you none of his... his showmanship.
- [Jacqueline shrugs her confusion]
- Winn Schott: What, after all this you're just gonna shoot us?
- Jacqueline Nimball: Most important thing your father taught me, stick the landing.
- Winn Schott: Really? Because what I got was "more is more."
- Mary McGowan: I'm so proud of you.
- Winn Schott: What, for shaming my friends? It's...
- Mary McGowan: No, you came out from the darkness, you forged an incredible life for yourself. I've spent so many years worrying about what had become of you, what the loss of your father, what the loss of me, did you to, and you have not only survived, you have excelled. And I couldn't be happier.
- Mon-El: [finishing "Carry On Wayward Son"] So, how bad was that? That was...
- [Kara hands him a beer]
- Mon-El: Thank you.
- Kara Danvers: I would just say maybe, um, maybe you should sing Kansas for yourself and not for other people.
- Kara Danvers: I'm really sorry you're hurting, that really sucks, but I can't be the one to talk to you about this. It's... it's something you and Imra have to deal with between the two of you, and I don't think she'd like you talking to me about her. And, frankly, it doesn't really feel great for me. So... that's that.
- Mon-El: I totally get it.
- Kara Danvers: Really?
- Mon-El: But just so you, I wasn't actually gonna talk about Imra. I mean, not about my feelings. But I felt like you needed to know what she did, and why she did it, 'cause it-it directly affects you.
- Mon-El: The Legion didn't land here by accident.
- Kara Danvers: Wait, I thought you hit a... disruption.
- Mon-El: Yeah, we did, but Brainy and Imra hit it intentionally. And they hid the real mission from me because they didn't trust that I'd wanna come back to this time.
- Kara Danvers: What's the mission?
- Mon-El: Well, the third Worldkiller, the one you haven't found yet, Pestilence. In a thousand years, she evolves into Blight.
- Kara Danvers: Whoa.
- Mon-El: Yeah, so if we can find her now, in this time, then we can save everyone, today and in the future. And, look, we have a common enemy now, so we can work together.
- Kara Danvers: But our common enemy has been your enemy for years, so I got a lot to learn from you.
- Kara Danvers: What was that back there with the T-Rex?
- Mon-El: Cape tricks.
- Kara Danvers: Cape tricks?
- Mon-El: My old Legion uniform had one.
- Kara Danvers: Well, I've been fighting with a cape for three years, and all it seems to do is get in the way.
- Mon-El: I can help with that, if you want.
- Kara Danvers: I'd like that.
- Kara Danvers: Why haven't you worn your old suit?
- Mon-El: Yeah, it got damaged on Rimbor, and it's a long story, so...
- Kara Danvers: Well, I know someone who could fix it, if you want.
- J'onn J'onzz: I spoke to Alex. She, uh... she wanted me to know that she had a lovely time. I-I hope whatever happened between you two, there are no hard feelings.
- [seeing his expression change]
- J'onn J'onzz: Dad, what is it? What is it?
- M'yrnn J'onzz: I'm sorry, J'onn. I'm so sorry.
- J'onn J'onzz: What's up? What's wrong?
- M'yrnn J'onzz: I want you to have a life. I don't want to keep you from your friends. Keep you home, keep you locked away.
- J'onn J'onzz: You won't. You won't.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: But I will! I must tell you something.
- Alex Danvers: [watching Winn and his mother sing karaoke] They're a lot worse than I thought they'd be, though.
- Officiant: Winslow Schott, Sr. was a man with many demons. As we lay him to rest, we may not celebrate his life, but we can examine it, and perhaps forgive a troubled soul for its trangressions. Would anyone care to speak on behalf of the deceased?
- M'yrnn J'onzz: [with a pizza box in hand] My son, may I borrow ten of your Earth dollars? The strike team tackled the delivery man when he entered the lobby. I think I should tip him well.
- J'onn J'onzz: Delivery man? But we're having dinner with Alex and Kara.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: That's why I bought a tomato pie.
- J'onn J'onzz: Dad, we're cooking. We got the ingredients earlier on.
- Alex Danvers: [seeing M'yrn's face fall] So, we should get to your place ASAP and get that roast in the oven.
- [leading him away]
- Alex Danvers: Don't worry, tomato pie is my favorite hors d'oeuvre.
- Supergirl: [watching Alex and M'yrnn leave] Go, go be with them. The analysis will take hours. I'll stay here.
- J'onn J'onzz: What about the Worldkillers?
- Supergirl: Alex has every available agent looking for them. Go eat.
- Mon-El: I owe you an apology.
- Supergirl: For what?
- Mon-El: When we were together, I never really got how it must have been for you to find out that I had been lying. About being Daxam's prince, about a lot of stuff. And I am sorry that I did that to you.
- Supergirl: I do really appreciate you saying that.
- Mon-El: Of course.
- Supergirl: Are you okay?
- Mon-El: Uh... Yeah. Imra... Imra lied to me. About, um... about something big with Legion business, and Brainy was in on it, too.
- Supergirl: Oh. Wow.
- Mon-El: Yeah. When your wife conspires with your best friend...
- Supergirl: It feels like garbage.
- Mon-El: Can we, uh... can we get a drink later? After all the Winn stuff is handled, I mean. There are some things that I think you should know.
- James Olsen: What the hell is that?
- Mary McGowan: It's a message. For me.
- [they see a skywriting message reading "Surrender, Mary"]
- James Olsen: Is that a wicked witch?
- Supergirl: No. Is it flying monkeys?
- Supergirl: [the DEO is besieged by flying monkeys] I'll take the big one, you take the little ones.
- James Olsen: I am so glad I don't work here.
- J'onn J'onzz: Problem?
- Alex Danvers: Oh, there was a minor kerfuffle, but, uh, no one was hurt and Kara's got it handled, so you just keep relaxing.
- Alex Danvers: So, some of that old time rock and roll, huh? That was an epic karaoke performance.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: Indeed. But a problematic genre.
- Alex Danvers: Been on the Internet?
- M'yrnn J'onzz: Yes. Many of the pioneers of rock and roll were humans of color who did not receieve the fame or fortune their white counterparts did.
- Alex Danvers: Have you faced many challenges in your human form since you've been here?
- M'yrnn J'onzz: No. My relative isolation has its silver linings. My son has found goodhearted friends in his time on this planet. You all treat me like family.
- Alex Danvers: You've chosen to live as a black man in America, which is a harder existence in and of itself. Why?
- J'onn J'onzz: You know, I was... I was forced to become Hank Henshaw out of desperation, but now I... I choose this face. I like it. And I wouldn't want to live in a world where I need to change the color of my skin to feel safe, to feel seen, to feel like I'm not a target. I'd rather change the world.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: And whatever my son's fight may be, I choose it as well.
- Alex Danvers: And I have your backs.
- Alex Danvers: Well, thank you for having me tonight. The place looks wonderful.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: Oh, the pleasure was mine. You mean a great deal to J'onn.
- Alex Danvers: Well, he's very important to me, too.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: I know we are new friends, but I hope, in time, that we can be the kind of family you and J'onn have become.
- Alex Danvers: That would be lovely.
- Alex Danvers: My grandmother was a music lover, as well. Especially later in her life. It just seemed to always give her that extra spark. Even when she started forgetting things. Like, little things at first. It was just words, you know, why she'd walk into a room, and eventually, people. I think you might be exhibiting similar symptoms.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: Please don't tell him.
- Alex Danvers: You already knew?
- M'yrnn J'onzz: On Mars, we called it Za-alet. Translated roughyl, it means "decay of memory."
- Alex Danvers: Dementia.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: I am losing myself.
- Alex Danvers: As it progresses, you're gonna need help.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: He has helped me enough.
- Alex Danvers: No, you're gonna need more than that. Because you could hurt yourself or others. You have to tell him.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: He just got me back; I can't ask him to watch me disappear inch by inch. It's too cruel.
- Alex Danvers: Well, that could happen no matter what. So the sooner you tell him, the sooner he can get help. I'm sorry, Myr'nn, but if he asks me, I mean, I don't... I don't think I could lie to him.
- M'yrnn J'onzz: You will say nothing! He is my son. And I choose how best to protect him, not you.