[Hawkgirl walks over to John]:
Are you going to need all those power cells?
If that's what it takes. I can still pull my weight, you know. There's more to me than just a fancy ring.
I've always known that, John.
“Unfinished Business” · Season 1, Episode 15
In this episode: Dean Winchester (940), Damon Salvatore (715), Sam Winchester (665), Olivia Benson (637), Stephen Fry (608), Narrator (554), Clark Kent (523), Nate (486)
[After binding Katma to the power of Py'tar] Now, who's next? [He goes over to Hawkgirl]
Keep away from her!
The wings give her an exotic quality, wouldn't you agree? I don't think I'll put her in the army. I have just the place for her. As one of my personal attendants.
Don't even think about it.
Okay, we are officially spooked here.
PTPy'tar
Hear me, o children of Kalanor. Behold, I am the Py'tar, the living soul of this planet. Despero is a great deceiver. He has misused my power for his own petty ends. I say unto thee the Py'tar is not a source of hatred, but a beacon of hope. In times gone by, Kalanor was a paradise. It can be again. But thou must reject the dark ways of Despero and step into the light. The choice is thine.
[The Justice League is attacking the White House, with Luthor in the Oval Office]
PLPresident Luthor
[to himself] They couldn't see the beauty! No imagination! They'd rather fight!
[Superman bursts into the office]
Even this wasn't enough for you, was it? You had to have it all. Now we're on the brink of a war that could destroy the whole planet!
PLPresident Luthor
Could've been so perfect... paradise...
And I let it get this far because of the law. And the will of the people.
PLPresident Luthor
[laughing] The people?! This is all their fault! And they're gonna burn for it! Burn!
You're nothing but a mad dog now, aren't you?
PLPresident Luthor
Ooh, a threat! But this old dog still has a few teeth!
[Pulls out a drawer with a control box, and poises his finger above a red button. There is a pause.]
There are at least six different ways I can stop you right now.
PLPresident Luthor
But they all involve deadly force, don't they? And you don't do that. [Superman is silent] No. You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain, and you do love being a hero, don't you? The cheering children, the swooning women - you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice!
Accomplice?! What're you-
PLPresident Luthor
You could have crushed me any time you wanted. And it wasn't the law or the will of the people that stopped you - it was your ego. Being a hero was too important to you. You're as much responsible for this as I am! So go ahead. Fix it somehow, put me on trial, lock me up - but I'll beat it. And then we'll start the whole thing all over again.
...I did love being a hero. But if this is where it leads... I'm done with it. [eyes glow red]
[Lord Green Lantern and Lord Hawkgirl arrive at the college protest]
Punks.
Remember when everyone liked us?
Since when does that matter to you?
Since I started seeing the fear on everyone's face.
You wanna talk about fear? When I was a kid, I went to bed every night scared that the whole world was gonna blow up. That's the way things were back then, and folks just accepted it. They didn't think there could be a better way. Well, we found one.
So, do you sleep better now?
You know I do.
[Lord Superman eating soup with Lois Lane at her Apartment]
Cold.
LLLois Lane
It's Gazpacho, it's supposed to be.
I wasn't talking about the soup. You gonna tell me what's wrong?
LLLois Lane
After 2 years, you don't know?
Here we go.
LLLois Lane
The world's on permanent lockdown, free speech is all but dead, and you don't know what's wrong?
Lois, we've been over this a thousand times. Why can't you see the bigger picture?
LLLois Lane
I can see just fine, thank you. You're the one who can't see where this is leading.
Lois, we're doing everything we can to- [Lord Superman's Comlink beeps] Just a sec. Yeah?
LLLois Lane
Go ahead, finish. You're doing everything you can to what, make sure everyone bows down, and worship you? Is that it?
That's not what we want! Can't you just listen for a second?!
Ah, love. Sorry to interrupt, but I need to see you and the others.
I'm busy.
Now.
I gotta go.
LLLois Lane
We're not done with this.
I know. Believe me, I know.
LLLois Lane
You can't just write me off, like-like I'm some kind of hysterical- [Lois tries to follow Lord Superman out the door but is stopped by two Police Officers ]
PPolice Officer A
Sorry, Ms. Lane. But you know the rules: No leaving the premises, no unauthorized guests, no phone calls.
LLLois Lane
Can't speak my mind, can't think.
PBPolice Officer B
It's only temporary, ma'am. They gave us their word.
LLLois Lane
Sucker. [Closes the door]
[Referring to the Justice Lords' Martian Manhunter] Have you read his mind yet?
Martians don't do that to one another.
Can't? Or won't?
Both.
You've thought of everything.
No. Just everything you'll ever think of.
[Batman is imprisoned; The Flash rapidly pushes buttons on a nearby control panel.]
What are you doing?
Trying every possible combination.
9-1-9-3-9. [Date that the first Batman comic was published in Detective Comics]
[Flash pauses, then punches it in, opening the door.]
How'd you know?
They're the numbers I use. How did you get out?
I sped up my heart until it looked like it flat-lined.
I didn't know you could do that.
Neither did I, but I had to come up with something if you weren't going to.
I couldn't - not with him anticipating everything I could ever think of. But who could anticipate you?
What are you hiding for?
I do my best work in the dark.
I used to think that too. But what have you ever accomplished from there? Aside from scaring a few punks half to death and putting a few more in jail?
It all adds up.
Not fast enough. If you really want to make a difference, if you want to change the system instead of just patching it, you can't be subtle. You've got to step into the sunlight. Take over, like we did.
Think about it - a world where there's no crime, no victims, no pain.
And no choice! Who elected you, anyway?!
Who elected you? The problem with democracy is, it doesn't keep you very safe.
It has other virtues. But you seem to have forgotten them.
I didn't forget! I just chose peace and security instead.
You grabbed power!
And with that power, we've made a world where no eight-year-old boy will ever lose his parents...because of some punk with a gun!
[pauses, then drops his Batarang] You win.
They're as strong as we are and just as smart, but they're willing to kill.
What are you saying - that we have to be willing to kill too? I won't cross that line.
How else can we stop them?
You're the smart one. You figure it out.
We can't do it. Not unless we cross some kind of line.
Wow, Supes, you really know how to bring down the house! [Justice Lord Superman picks Flash up and raises his fist but then hesitates] Can't do it, can you? I'm the last piece of your conscience, and this is the one thing you'll never do.
I've done a lot of things I thought I'd never do these past two years. One more won't hurt.
[aiming a weapon] This would be so sweet. [hands it to Superman] But... a deal's a deal.
What deal?
A full pardon in exchange for his help.
Everything he does from now on is your fault!
It's a high price - but it's better than the alternative.
[Lex Luthor gives an interview after his pardon]
...but I can't take full credit. I never would have been able to reconfigure the Disruptor without Superman's high-speed assistance.
R1Reporter 1
Where is it now?
I believe Superman has it. That was part of our arrangement.
R2Reporter 2
Where do you go from here? Back to running LexCorp?
Oh, the business-world doesn't seem as challenging as it used to. And there's no poetry in it either. I have been giving some thought to...politics.
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