Supergirl (TV Series)
Call to Action (2018)
Mehcad Brooks: James Olsen
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Quotes
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Lena Luthor : Am I interrupting, Mr. Olsen?
James Olsen : Always got time for you. Uh, what's in the bag?
Lena Luthor : Why don't you take a look?
James Olsen : [unzipping it and finding a sharp-looking blazer] Wow. Thank you.
[putting it on]
James Olsen : You spoil me.
Lena Luthor : Yeah.
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Lena Luthor : I booked you to go on "Counterpoint Daily" today. I think you should go on TV and disavow the Children of Liberty. I know you moved away from that idea, but things have escalated, okay? Their manifesto was filled with hate speech.
James Olsen : Yeah, I-I just wish that you would have checked with me first. I-I can't do that today.
Lena Luthor : Well, why not?
James Olsen : Well, after the mayor's event, I reached out to Ben Lockwood. And it-it took some time, but I got connected with some actual Children of Liberty. I-I'm meeting with them today.
Lena Luthor : You're meeting with a domestic terror group?
James Olsen : To learn who they are. And eventually get an interview with Agent Liberty himself. I mean, you said it yourself; these people admire me. Maybe I can use that to change minds.
Lena Luthor : I said that before they dropped their hateful agenda on the world.
James Olsen : All the more reason to go now, isn't it?
Lena Luthor : Well, it's all the more reason to think they might resort to violence, especially if they've got their human posterboy in their midst.
James Olsen : Human posterboy? You don't think I can do this, do you?
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Lena Luthor : Who are you meeting with?
James Olsen : I don't know.
Lena Luthor : Where are you meeting them?
James Olsen : They're gonna call me fifteen minutes beforehand.
Lena Luthor : So it's an undisclosed location with unknown contacts. This is how journalists end up dead, James.
James Olsen : Most journalists are not me.
Lena Luthor : So it doesn't matter what I think.
James Olsen : Not about this. This is work.
Lena Luthor : Oh, this is work. Well, then your boss has booked a major television appearance for you. So figure it out.
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Kara Danvers : Everything okay?
James Olsen : Yeah. Uh... Lena booked me on this round-table thing.
Kara Danvers : That's great.
[seeing his expression]
Kara Danvers : Isn't... isn't that great?
James Olsen : Um... she should have told me first, you know? Okay, so, I made plans to meet with somebody from Children of Liberty, and now she wants me to go on a TV show and denounce them.
Kara Danvers : Well, she... so she's worried about your image as Guardian.
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Kara Danvers : I know Lena can be forceful, but she protects the ones she loves.
James Olsen : She's not always right.
Kara Danvers : She's right most of the time.
James Olsen : Whose side are you on?
Kara Danvers : I'm on both of your sides.
James Olsen : But I'm still not doing the round-table.
Kara Danvers : I can do it.
James Olsen : No. No, no, no. No, it's-it's only in a few hours, and there's a lot of preparation that needs to be done, and half the newsroom is gone 'cause of the holiday. I mean... No.
Kara Danvers : Well, that's fine. I'll-I'll just ask Nia to help me. Where...?
James Olsen : [seeing Nia at her desk] You-Y-You mean Nia Nal, the one who's literally asleep on the job?
Kara Danvers : No, she's not asleep...
[seeing Nia facedown]
Kara Danvers : Oh.
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Nia Nal : [jerking awake at her desk] Chocolate-covered espresso beans!
Kara Danvers : Nia? You feeling all right?
Nia Nal : Oh... oh, no... Oh, no. Please don't fire me.
James Olsen : Oh, no, no, no. No, no one's gonna fire you. I mean, you do amazing work, when you're... awake.
Nia Nal : Uh, I'm sorry I didn't say anything before, but I have that sleep thing. The one that causes you to fall asleep at random times.
James Olsen : Narcolepsy?
Nia Nal : Yes! That's it. Narcolepsy.
Kara Danvers : Oh, good... well, Nia, that-that's a serious illness. Have you seen a doctor?
Nia Nal : Yeah. Yeah, back in D.C. I haven't found anyone here yet.
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Tom : Your work as Guardian has inspired so many of us to stand up and fight for justice.
James Olsen : Thanks, man.
Tom : Yeah.
James Olsen : What's your name?
Tom : Oh, yeah. Sorry, I'm just, uh... I'm a little nervous. Tom.
James Olsen : Tom, nice to meet you, brother.
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Lena Luthor : You made it.
James Olsen : Um, of course.
Lena Luthor : I just thought you'd be sitting down to dinner with your new friends.
James Olsen : Did you get my message?
Lena Luthor : Yeah. Did you still go meet with them?
James Olsen : Yeah.
Lena Luthor : Well, there you go.
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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.
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James Olsen : Hey, I saw you on "Counterpoint Daily". I-I'm really sorry to put you out there like that last minute.
Kara Danvers : I just worry that this manifesto really is a harbinger of something terrible.
Querl Dox : In the text, we found numerous hidden messages, but even the most threatening was about charcuterie.
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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.
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Alex Danvers : The only reason they'd want to identify alien homes is to target them.
James Olsen : Yeah, but if-if they were marking houses, we would see that, right? I mean, we-we would notice that.
Manchester Black : The marks might not be visible to the naked eye. The mask had some kind of night-vision tech in them.
Kara Danvers : [Brainy retrieves a Liberty mask from his bag] Why did you bring that to dinner?
Querl Dox : Oh. Uh... I figured if things got boring, I might just do a little work.
[popping a piece out from the eye-hole]
Querl Dox : Oh, look at that.
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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.
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James Olsen : I appreciate the fact that you're trying to help me; I do. But I-I don't need it. I'm gonna be fine.
Lena Luthor : Right, because you can handle it.
James Olsen : Yes, I can handle myself. I don't need you freaking out about every little problem that I have in my life! Now, take the D.A., for example. You got all worked up about that, and it turned out to be fine, okay? I'm going.
Lena Luthor : It was fine because I made it fine.
James Olsen : What are you talking about?
Lena Luthor : I talked to the D.A., James. I traded information on Bruno Mannheim, and she dropped the indictment.
James Olsen : You... you did what?
Lena Luthor : You heard me.
James Olsen : You lied to me.
Lena Luthor : I would do it again in a heartbeat. I love you, and there is no line in the universe I would not cross to keep you safe.
James Olsen : If that's what you think love is, I'm not sure if I want any part of that.
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James Olsen : So, when do I get to meet Agent Liberty?
Tom : You're talking to him.
James Olsen : You're Agent Liberty?
Tom : We're all agents of liberty.
James Olsen : I mean the big guy, the guy who signed the leaflet. I was hoping to get to interview him.
Tom : Oh, that's above my pay grade. I was just asked to show you what we do, answer some questions.
James Olsen : And this is what you do?
Tom : We patrol the streets, keep them safe for humans. Just like you do with Guardian. But this week is special. And we don't want any roaches crashing people's Thanksgiving dinners.
James Olsen : Roaches? That's pretty heavy langugage, and I would really appreciate it if you didn't call aliens "roaches" in my presence.
Tom : Well, that's what they are.
James Olsen : Or do you just classify them that way so you don't have to deal with the fact that they're living and breathing beings just like you and I?
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James Olsen : Do not do this.
Tom : These are choices everyone has to make. It is my family first!
James Olsen : Do not let your anger become violence. There are lines that we do not cross.
Tom : Get out of my way!
[they get into a physical brawl, which ends with Tom on the ground in an armbar]
Tom : I just wanna protect my family. You'd do the same thing.
James Olsen : Not like this, I wouldn't.
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Tom : Thanks for meeting me. You saved my life. All those guys I was supposed to meet last night, they all went missing.
James Olsen : Tom, the violence is only gonna get worse if we don't stop this now.
Tom : Look, I don't have direct access to Agent Liberty. But I can connect you with people who do. But I... I gotta warn you, these guys are dangerous.
James Olsen : I gotta try, man.
Tom : [James' phone rings] You, uh... you need to take that?
James Olsen : [ignoring a call from Lena] No. When can I meet these guys?
[two Children of Liberty appear behind James, and a van pulls up, as well]
Tom : Now.
