Supergirl (TV Series)

All About Eve (2019)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter

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• J'onn J'onzz : So what's the answer?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : H'ronmeer save me. This again?

  J'onn J'onzz : I need guidance. Why won't you save me?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Why should I? I'm not the one who failed as the one task I have. Or was it another Green Martian who erased the mind of the DEO colonel, who reached into Manchester Black's brain to inflict pain upon him, and opened a channel for him to access your mind so he could defile my grave site and steal the Staff of K'hollar, which he could've used to destroy planet Earth?

  J'onn J'onzz : Everything I did, I did in the name of peace.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You killed him.

  J'onn J'onzz : He was a killer.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Then so are you.

  J'onn J'onzz : Well, what would you have me do? Sit around and pray all day while the world around me burns like you did on Mars?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : At least I didn't run.

  J'onn J'onzz : I have been trying to make up for that. By protecting this planet.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Trying and failing.

  J'onn J'onzz : If I'm such a failure, why did you trust me with the Symbols?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Because you said you could handle it. You insisted...

  J'onn J'onzz : I shouldn't have! I tried to you, Father, but I can't! And you should never have asked me. I'm not a man of peace! And if that means I have to give up the Symbols, and Martian religion has to die, then so be it. At least I will know who I am!

  M'yrnn J'onzz : And who are you?

  J'onn J'onzz : I'M THE MARTIAN MANHUNTER!

• J'onn J'onzz : Thank you for saving me.

  Supergirl : Why do you think this happened?

  J'onn J'onzz : I told you the other night... I am no longer a man of peace. When I took Manchester's life, I realized that I was done trying to be my father. But now I have clarity as to who I am not, I no longer have clarity as to who I am.

  Supergirl : You think that caused you to lose your powers?

  J'onn J'onzz : There is an ancient story about a race of shapeshifters whose planet was destroyed. They had to constantly change shape to survive. For generations, they did this. Until, one day, they forgot their true form... and all that goes with it. History, culture, all sense of self. They even forgot the name of their race. I am a shapeshifter, too, Kara. The same thing could happen to me.

  Supergirl : There must be something we can do.

  J'onn J'onzz : I heard my father's voice when I fell. The Staff of K'hollar was with him when he died. Maybe if I could use its power to summon his spirit for counsel. No. Lex is out there. I need to help you find him.

  Supergirl : No, no, you are always helping everyone around you. Right now, you just need to take care of yourself.

• J'onn J'onzz : You tricked me into getting angry.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You were angry already. Just pushing it down. And you were right to be angry with me, J'onn. I wasn't clear. I said I wished for your to promote peace, but I never intended for you to become me. I meant only that your should help the world in whatever state is true to you. When I found you again, I was so proud of the Martian you had become. I never meant to make you feel you had to change, J'onn. I'm sorry. I failed to impart my unconditional love for you.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'm so sorry I couldn't be the keeper of the Sacred Symbols, Father.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Hmm. You were able to keep the Symbols alive a little longer. That brought comfort to an old Martian. The important thing is, you know who you are.

  J'onn J'onzz : Maybe there's another way. H'ronmeer gave us the Symbols in the heart of the desert of T'ozz. I could return them there.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : A hard journey. And if you succeed, they will lie dormant until someone worthy comes to claim them.

  J'onn J'onzz : Maybe somebody will.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Hmm.

  J'onn J'onzz : Thank you, Father, for all your help.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You know, J'onn, I'm just an extension of your memory of me. Any answers you found, they came from inside you.

  J'onn J'onzz : Yeah, I know. But it was still really good to see you.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : It was good to see you, too... Martian Manhunter.

• J'onn J'onzz : [his meditation is interrupted by a knock on the door]  We're closed.

  [another knock] 

  J'onn J'onzz : Can't you read the sign?

  [the knocking continues] 

  J'onn J'onzz : [frustrated]  It's on the door. The sign. Damn sign. It says we're closed!

  [opening the door, he's stunned to see his father] 

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Ah, J'onn, my son. Let's have a little chat, shall we?

• J'onn J'onzz : I've been so lost. So, so confused about my identity. I-I tried to follow your example. I really tried to follow. I-I studied the Sacred Symbols, I-I counseled everybody, everybody to be peaceful. But... but it just didn't work. And-and now, I'm at an impasse. I... please... I need... I need guidance.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : That's not why I'm here.

  J'onn J'onzz : Then what, why did you come?

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Because you failed. You were supposed to be the keeper of the Sacred Symbols. A holy man, a man of peace, but you said you are not a man of peace, so I've come to take the Symbols back.

  J'onn J'onzz : If you take the Sacred Symbols, Martian history will disappear forever.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Hmm, a shame.

• Martian Manhunter : I checked the whole South Pacific. No sign of Lex or his helicopter.

  Supergirl : Kal left me here to protect Earth, and I let his archnemesis slip through my fingers. Everything that Lex does now is because I failed.

  Martian Manhunter : I'm gonna cast a psychic net. I might be able to detect them.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : [faintly, as he searches]  J'onn.

  Supergirl : [he inexplicably passes out]  J'onn?

  [as he falls to the ground, she catches him before impact] 

  Supergirl : J'onn, are you okay? J'onn!

• M'yrnn J'onzz : This is a very nice office. It reminds me of the library at the University of Z'onn Z'orr.

  J'onn J'onzz : You're here. I... I don't believe it.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Weren't you trying to contact me?

  J'onn J'onzz : Yes, but I-I-I thought I might hear a voice or feel... a-a presence. I didn't... think you'd actually...

  [touching him to make sure he's real] 

  J'onn J'onzz : ...be here.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : I am.