Supergirl (TV Series)

All About Eve (2019)

Carl Lumbly: M'yrnn J'onzz

Quotes 

• 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 : 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.