Supergirl (TV Series)

Battles Lost and Won (2018)

Mehcad Brooks: James Olsen, Guardian

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• reporter : [on TV]  Meanwhile, Superman saves Madagascar. More from our reporter on the ground.

  Guardian : Kick some ass, Clarke.

• James Olsen : Wait, he wants you to move to the future?

  Winn Schott : I know, dude. It's... it's insane. Right? And-and... plus, I don't know where to begin to solve a problem like that. Like, I... I don't know what Brainy was thinking, but he is malfunctioning.

  James Olsen : Or he's thinking you're the smartest dude he knows.

  Winn Schott : [tossing the case Brainy gave him on the table]  Oh, and then there's this.

  James Olsen : [walking over to look]  And what is "then there's this"?

  Winn Schott : Oh, you know, just my design. Brainy brought it back from the future. I... apparently, it's... it's an artifact, and my apparatus saved countless lives or something.

• James Olsen : Winn. You are a genius. The only person who doubts that's you. Question is, what do you wanna do?

  Winn Schott : I made a shrine to, like, a cup full of dirt from the future.

  James Olsen : That's weird.

  Winn Schott : Shut... shut up. You know, and actually going to the future, yeah, that's, like, beyond my wildest dreams. But th- no, this is my home. Why... I-I have you and Kara, and Alex and J'onn. Like, you guys... you guys are my family. I can't... that's... that's... that's too hard.

  James Olsen : [sighing]  I took off my mask today.

  Winn Schott : Wait, what?

  James Olsen : Yeah, I took it off. I... I met this woman with her kid, and she-she was in danger. Panicking. And there was nothing I could do to get through to her. So, I don't know if it was the humanity in my eyes, or-or my real voice. But after I...

  [he pantomimes] 

  James Olsen : She instantly found her calm. And that makes me want to unmask all the time. But I get it, it's just... it does feel too hard.

• J'onn J'onzz : Agent Schott. You have been a fine agent, and a spectacular friend.

  Winn Schott : I'm gonna miss you, too, Papa Bear.

  James Olsen : [sharing a secret handshake]  Do not tell Clark I taught you that.

  Winn Schott : No promises.

• Winn Schott : I gotta go. I've been... I've been searching for my calling, you know. This... this is it. I must save... save the future. What about- what about you?

  James Olsen : I can't keep waiting on the world to change. My future's now.

• James Olsen : What happened?

  Winn Schott : J'onn's ship just sent out a distress signal.

  Supergirl : A distress call? Why would Selena do that?

  Winn Schott : A trap? I-I'm just guessing.

  J'onn J'onzz : Regardless, I've been able to access the ship's sensor. My craft is sitting near a great power source. I believe it might be the site of the terraforming.

  Supergirl : But Sam is still unconscious. We need her around if we're to stand a chance against Reign.

• Woman : My son! My son is in there! My son's on the second floor. Please...

  Guardian : You cannot go in there.

  Woman : Please, I've gotta get him.

  Guardian : No one will get hurt.

  Woman : Get out of my way! My son, I have to get him.

  Guardian : Listen to me.

  [removing his helmet] 

  James Olsen : I will get him. You have to trust me.

• Lena Luthor : [watching Sam in her medbay bunk]  She's gonna come through this, right? She's gonna be able to fight Reign.

  James Olsen : No doubt in my mind.

• James Olsen : Before you came back from Argo, Lena figured out that she could end Reign, with a lethal dose of Kryptonite. Now, she wouldn't do that when Sam and Reign were connected. But now...

  Supergirl : No. I don't kill. Not even her. There's gotta be another way.

  Alura Zor-El : What way? You can't contain her. You said she's grown invincible to everything that would normally hurt a Kryptonian. Look, sometimes, the thing we thought we'd never do, the thing that goes against our very core, is the one thing that we must do.

  J'onn J'onzz : If all else fails, and we have no other recourse, I agree. We do what we must.

  Supergirl : [reluctantly]  Okay. Whatever it takes.

  J'onn J'onzz : Send Mon-El and the Legion the coordinates to my ship. We'll meet them there.

• Lena Luthor : To saving the world.

  James Olsen : Hear, hear.

  [his phone rings] 

  James Olsen : Mm. Excuse me.

  [answering the call] 

  James Olsen : Yeah. Oh, I have a comment. I'm the Guardian.