Supergirl (TV Series)

Far from the Tree (2017)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onzz

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• J'onn J'onzz : I have to go away for a few days. I'm gonna need you both to manage the DEO until I get back.

  Kara Danvers : Where are you going?

  J'onn J'onzz : Mars.

  Alex Danvers : You... Mars?

  J'onn J'onzz : M'gann sent me a message. She needs my help.

  Kara Danvers : Help with what?

  J'onn J'onzz : I dunno. The message was short, urgent. I tried to make contact, but I... I couldn't reach her. I can sense that she's in danger.

  Kara Danvers : No, J'onn, you're the last Green Martian. The Whites have been trying to kill your kind for centuries. Going back would be a suicide mission.

  J'onn J'onzz : Look, M'gann came to our aid when we were in need. I must go for M'gann.

• Alex Danvers : If you're going to Mars, then Kara's going with you.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah.

  J'onn J'onzz : I won't have you endanger your life just to fight my battles.

  Kara Danvers : Your battles are my battles, J'onn.

  J'onn J'onzz : I can't take you away from Alex's shower.

  Alex Danvers : Are you kidding? If I thought that I could survive Mars, then I would be right there fighting by your side.

  Kara Danvers : J'onn, if Krypton still existed and I had to go back to where my parents were buried under rubble, I know you wouldn't let me do it alone.

• Supergirl : There's no seat belt.

  J'onn J'onzz : It's from a different era.

  Supergirl : And a different planet.

  J'onn J'onzz : I come from a race of shapeshifters, Kara. Why shouldn't our technology shapeshift, too?

  Supergirl : Fair enough.

• Supergirl : Shouldn't we just call Winn to fire up the transmat portal?

  J'onn J'onzz : No, you can't transmat planet to planet without a gate on the other side. We'll have to get to Mars the old-fashioned way.

  Supergirl : [he opens a garage door]  It's a cool car. So, is this like an elevator to a secret hangar that'll take us to...

  J'onn J'onzz : No, it isn't.

  Supergirl : This is your ship?

  J'onn J'onzz : Yep.

  Supergirl : We're taking this to Mars?

  J'onn J'onzz : Yes, we are.

  Supergirl : [skeptical]  Okay.

  J'onn J'onzz : [she plops down into the passenger seat]  Careful with the leather there, Supergirl.

• J'onn J'onzz : M'gann.

  M'gann M'orzz : J'onn, you came. I wasn't sure that you would.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'd do anything for you, M'gann. You know that.

  M'gann M'orzz : [noticing Kara]  Kara. You didn't have to...

  Supergirl : You came when we needed you.

• J'onn J'onzz : What's going on, M'gann?

  M'gann M'orzz : We recently stormed a White Martian base near the D'ori'i Crater.

  N'keyy : There was a prison camp there, for Green Martians.

  J'onn J'onzz : There were dozens of camps.

  Till'all : This one was still in operation.

  Supergirl : How is that possible?

  J'onn J'onzz : I'm the only Green Martian left.

  M'gann M'orzz : No. There's another one. I brought you here because I didn't think you'd believe me unless you saw this for yourself.

  Supergirl : [seeing J'onn recognizes him]  J'onn? Who is it?

  J'onn J'onzz : It's... my father.

• M'yrnn J'onzz : I survived two centures of imprisonment and torture. Alone! So if you think exploiting the form of my dead son will break me, you are a fool! I will never tell you where the staff of Kolar is.

  J'onn J'onzz : Father, it's me, J'onn. I lived. I... I fled to Earth. I survived.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You give yourself away, White. My son would never have fled.

• J'onn J'onzz : I don't understand why he couldn't sense me, couldn't see me.

  Supergirl : He's been in prison a long time. He's probably used to tricks.

• Till'all : If the Green won't share the information willingly, we'll have to invoke the Rite of Tiagar, take it by force.

  Supergirl : What's Tiagar?

  J'onn J'onzz : It will allow him to force through my father's mental block, show him where the staff is.

  Supergirl : Could that hurt him?

  M'gann M'orzz : It could kill him.

  Till'all : We don't have a choice.

  Supergirl : There's always a choice.

• Till'all : Our survival depends on getting this information.

  J'onn J'onzz : Is that all you care about? Survival?

  Till'all : I swore to die fighting for this resistance. But I'm not gonna die standing here waiting.

  J'onn J'onzz : You think you have what it takes to break my father's mind? More powerful Martians than you have tried, boy.

  M'gann M'orzz : Enough. Till'all is right about one thing. If we don't find the staff soon, we're finished. So you have to do this, J'onn. You have to get through to your father. Can you?

  J'onn J'onzz : I can. And I will.

  M'gann M'orzz : Good. So hurry, because time is running out.

• J'onn J'onzz : You ever wonder, Kara, what your parents would say to you if they could see you now after all this time? What they'd think of the person you've become?

  Supergirl : Every day. They'd be proud of me.

  J'onn J'onzz : Yeah, I thought that, too. And I actually got the chance to ask. My father thinks I'm a coward.

  Supergirl : Then he doesn't know you. 'Cause the man I know has dedicated his entire life to making sure what happened on Mars never happens anywhere else. So go in there, J'onn. Show your father who his son really is.

• J'onn J'onzz : This is my favorite memory. This is our home, father. I haven't thought about this in a long time. Can you see it?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : I see it. I remember it. K'hym. T'ania.

  J'onn J'onzz : My daughters. Your granddaughters.

  Supergirl : They're beautiful, J'onn.

  J'onn J'onzz : They were excited about something. They were terrible at keeping secrets.

  Supergirl : What did they know?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : That I had left worship early to surprise J'onn.

• J'onn J'onzz : I don't suppose that I can persuade you to come back to Earth.

  M'gann M'orzz : My fight is here. The war is far from over. We've come closer to victory than ever before, thanks to you.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'll see you soon.

  M'gann M'orzz : I hope that's true.

• J'onn J'onzz : You know, I'm not sure I could have done this without you.

  Supergirl : Yes, you could have. You're the strongest man and Martian I've ever known, and I was glad I could be there to help you, anyway.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'll see you tomorrow.

  Supergirl : You got it, boss.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : [watching her fly away]  Can everyone on this planet do that?

  J'onn J'onzz : No. She's special.

• M'yrnn J'onzz : Mars was once a paradise. But H'ronmeer wanted to test his children, Phobos and Deimos. To be sure they were worthy of it. So he offered them two gifts.

  J'onn J'onzz : A book of sacred symbols on morals that govern Martian life, and the staff, a weapon.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : The symbols could be shared, but the staff wielded by only one.

  J'onn J'onzz : Deimos chose the symbols. But Phobos chose the staff. He was the first White Martian.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : H'ronmeer was furious that his son would choose destruction over knowledge. And so Phobos was banished to the underworld. But his descendants clawed their way back and slaughtered my people.

  J'onn J'onzz : Our people. I am your son.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : H'ronmeer buried the staff for a reason. The Whites disgraced his name by slaughtering my people. I will serve my God by refusing to let you use his staff to slaughter each other, too.