Supergirl (TV Series)

Blood Memory (2019)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onzz

Quotes 

• J'onn J'onzz : Hey, Brainy.

  Querl Dox : Greetings, J'onn.

  J'onn J'onzz : I came to see how Alex was feeling. Have you seen her?

  Querl Dox : I have not. But I have located our dealers' van.

  Alex Danvers : [approaching]  Brainy, that's great.

  Querl Dox : I have also located Director Danvers. A day of many victories.

• Kara Danvers : Your hand.

  Alex Danvers : Oh. Yes. Well, that is a lovely parting gift from Supergirl. I hope your weekend was better. Oh, J'onn said you were on assignment. How did that go?

  Kara Danvers : Oh. The story I was following didn't really pan out.

  J'onn J'onzz : Hey, how about we don't actually talk about work tonight?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah.

  Kara Danvers : I could do that.

  [mimicking Arnold Schwarzenegger] 

  Kara Danvers : Now, watch the movie if you don't want to die.

  Alex Danvers : [snickering]  It's "if you want to live."

  Kara Danvers : Oh, shoot.

  Alex Danvers : [playfully throwing popcorn at her]  Oh, you goober.

• Alex Danvers : J'onn, thank you for coming.

  J'onn J'onzz : Sure. You sounded panicked on the phone. Is everything all right?

  Alex Danvers : I'm not thinking clearly, and I can't afford to be making mistakes.

  J'onn J'onzz : Well, how can I help?

  Alex Danvers : Scan me. My mind.

  J'onn J'onzz : [evasively]  Why?

  Alex Danvers : Something is wrong with me, J'onn. I-I don't know how to describe it, I just feel... disconnected. I feel vulnerable. I mean, look, what if something went wrong when I underwent the Truth Seeker? I know there's not supposed to be any side effects or anything, but that's when this began. I just need to know that I'm okay. And if I'm not okay, I just need to know that I'm not crazy. Please, J'onn.

• J'onn J'onzz : The mind wipe should be untraceable. But it's possible because Alex's relationship with Supergirl is unlike anyone else's, her encounter with the Truth Seeker may have left her with an unidentifiable itch.

  Querl Dox : You can't tell her that Supergirl's identity has been removed. Haley is still on a mission to find out who Supergirl is.

  J'onn J'onzz : I know. I know. But, uh, sometimes a placebo can be very effective.

  Querl Dox : You're going to lie to her.

  J'onn J'onzz : I don't want to. But maybe it'll bring her peace of mind, help her heal.

• J'onn J'onzz : Are you ready?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah. Thanks for doing this, J'onn.

  J'onn J'onzz : All right.

  [his eyes turn red and he cups her face] 

  J'onn J'onzz : You're fine. Everything is normal.

  Alex Danvers : Really? Thank god. Okay.

  J'onn J'onzz : Perhaps the stress you're feeling at work is, uh, the lack of a partner. A good cop to your bad cop.

  Alex Danvers : Or maybe... I need the opposite of a cop. Brainy, how are your acting skills?

• J'onn J'onzz : Impressive. It took you less than two minutes to get that information.

  Alex Danvers : How did you learn to speak dude-bro?

  Querl Dox : The same way they did. The movies.

  Alex Danvers : Well, thank you. Both of you. For everything.

  J'onn J'onzz : Yeah.

  Alex Danvers : Now let's catch these guys before they can do any more damage.

• Querl Dox : At first I found no vehicle registered to our suspects, and I thought perhaps Spence was lying. Which would be so like him. But then I found this...

  [showing them his tablet] 

  Querl Dox : Originally registered to Mrs. Veronica "Roni" Miller, now deceased. The title has then passed to Roberta Miller, Jerry Miller's little sister.

  Alex Danvers : Good work. All right, let's move, people. Hey, you wanna take advantage while the cat's away and roll with? With all this rage going on, we could use a man of peace.

  J'onn J'onzz : Sure. You seem better.

  Alex Danvers : I am. Thanks to you.

• Querl Dox : I was certain this was the last confirmed location of Roberta Miller's van.

  J'onn J'onzz : I think it was. Looks like somebody already did your job for you.

  Alex Danvers : [seeing them tied up]  Jerry Miller? Kevin Huggins? You're under arrest for selling an unidentified alien substance. Search 'em.

  Kevin Huggins : No, no, you won't find anything. We were robbed.

  Alex Danvers : By who?

  Jerry : I don't know. They said something about attacking some alien festival?

  Alex Danvers : This is what I was afraid of. Brainy, take 'em in.

• Kara Danvers : The mind wipe did change Alex.

  J'onn J'onzz : I thought lying to her one more time would help, but... it goes deeper than that. The disconnection was a symptom. Alex grew up with a sister from another planet. A superhero. Without that memory, that exposure to other, her perception has changed. Her empathy has shifted.

  Kara Danvers : Why? I don't get it. She's close with plenty of other aliens.

  J'onn J'onzz : You were Alex's primary relationship during her formative years. It's what formed her view of aliens. And that's what we've erased. That blood memory.

  Kara Danvers : I have to believe that deep down, she's still our Alex.

  J'onn J'onzz : We did what we had to do, and now we have to be strong. For her.