Supergirl (TV Series)

Battles Lost and Won (2018)

Jeremy Jordan: Winn Schott

Quotes 

• Brainiac-5 : Killing Pestilence saved the future from the Blight. Millions of people were spared. Including my... extremely distant relative. The evil one, who has created a plague to wipe out all AIs other than himself. In short, all AIs are in danger. And I can no longer stay there. The future needs heroes. The future needs leaders.

  Mon-El : The future has leaders.

  Brainiac-5 : The future needs you, Mon-El. To fight. And it needs Winn to take my place in the Legion and save the AIs.

  Winn Schott : Uh... what? No. Okay, rewind. First of all, you've told me hundreds, literally hundreds of times, that I am far below a twelfth-level intellect. And... and... how could I possibly be your replacement?

  [Brainiac places a thin plastic case on the table, which contains an aged piece of paper with the drawing Winn showed to Demos] 

  Winn Schott : How'd you get this? What... what is- what is this?

  Mon-El : That's from the National Archives.

  Brainiac-5 : You're right. And it's Winn's design.

  Winn Schott : The Nat... no. This... they... it... it didn't work! No, it didn't... it couldn't save Demos...

  Brainiac-5 : Regardless of what happened with your friend, this design is the foundation of some of the future's most groundbreaking technology. It has saved countless lives. And this, this dirty piece of paper, is an artifact, treasured centuries from now.

  [sliding the case to Winn] 

  Brainiac-5 : The future needs you.

  [to Mon-El] 

  Brainiac-5 : Both of you.

• 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 : Supergirl, the-the-the waterfront.

  Supergirl : We're on our way.

  [the Legion cruiser appears behind her and Alura] 

  Winn Schott : Okay, looks like we have some help.

  Imra Ardeen : You didn't think I'd miss out on the fun.

• 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.

• Winn Schott : [on the Legion cruiser]  Eh... ahh! Hey, Mon... Incoming! Incoming!

  [his chair swings around out of control; Mon-El taps a control and it stops] 

  Winn Schott : The future's gonna be a steep learning curve.

• Winn Schott : Hey, Brainy. J'onn said that you, uh, want to talk to me.

  Mon-El : Hey, sorry, Winn, just, uh... could you give us a moment? We're just talking about some Legion...

  Brainiac-5 : Oh, no. This involves Winn, as well.

  Winn Schott : [simultaneously with Mon-El]  It involves me?

  Mon-El : It involves him?

  Brainiac-5 : Oh, yes. The Legion needs the both of you.

• 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.

• Alex Danvers : Supergirl, did Sam get there?

  Supergirl : She did, but I screwed up. I need you to find me a disruption.

  Alex Danvers : A disruption?

  Supergirl : I need to go back in time, like the Legion.

  Winn Schott : You can't breathe in space.

  Supergirl : I'm wearing Mon-El's ring. I can breathe with it on. If I can turn back time, I could use the electricity in the Harun-El to take us to the Fountain of Lillith.

  Winn Schott : Okay, but it disrupts... the-the pressure alone is gonna crush you.

  Supergirl : Just find me a disruption, now!

• Alex Danvers : Winn, did you track down the source of the terraforming? Or... or-or Reign's location?

  Winn Schott : Still working on it.

  Supergirl : What about Sam? Has she woken up?