[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.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
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.
[to Flash] Why do you need a van? Wait - don't answer that; I don't wanna know.
[The Flash makes a surprise appearance on Gordon Godfrey's TV show]
GGGlorious Godfrey
Ladies and gentlemen, it seems we have an unexpected guest. Not that we should be surprised. I mean, you're a superhero. You don't have to wait for an invitation. You go where you want, when you want. Right?
Yeah, but... we're the good guys!
GGGlorious Godfrey
Of course you are! And I'm sure you can account for the fact that since your so-called 'Justice League' formed, white-collar crime is up three percent!
White-collar? That's not really our...
GGGlorious Godfrey
Or maybe you'd care to explain why, on your watch, fifty percent of marriages now end in divorce... and the other fifty percent in death!
This bites! Your commercial's stupid, you're a no-talent hack and your doughnuts are stale! I'm outta here fast, fast, fast!
GGGlorious Godfrey
Role models? Look, I've seen showgirls with more modesty than this so-called "Wonder Woman".
[Wonder Woman smashes the TV screen with her fist]
I will not tolerate this!
Princess, I don't like Godfrey anymore than you do, but in this country, the man's entitled to his opinion. However boneheaded it is.
Democracy in action. Hey, didn't the Greeks invent that?
[Wonder Woman walks over to the window and looks at her outfit]
And what's wrong with the way I dress?!
[carefully] Uh... you wanna take that?
Where do these nuts come from?
He torched the sewers.
[Grinning] I was wondering what that smell was.
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