Alex Danvers quotes from Supergirl

Alex

Kara risks her life to protect other people, and she is a hero, and yet I do the same, and I'm in trouble? That is perfect.

Alex

I used to resent her for coming into my home. For following me around at school. Some strange girl who didn't know how to fit in. For embarrassing me in front of my friends. But all Kara wanted was a family. And that's what she is to me. She is my sister.

Alex

I know Director Henshaw. If he thinks I'm in trouble when I'm plugged into that thing, he's going to pull me out, whether I've saved Kara or not. I need you to stop him. I either come back with my sister, or I don't come back at all.

Alex

[to Supergirl] I can't promise you a life without pain and loss because pain is a part of life. It's what makes us who we are. It is what makes you a hero!

Alex Danvers

Director Henshaw. I wasn't recruited because of my sister, was I?

Hank Henshaw

Yeah, she's why you got in. You are why you to get to stay.

Kara

It wasn't supposed to be this way. This is the reason my mother and father sent me to Earth.

Alex

They wanted you to live.

Kara

No, it's more than that. I was supposed to be the one saving him, not the other way around. How am I supposed to really become a hero if Superman has to keep saving me?

Alex

Your story... Your story is just starting. And some day you're gonna be the one saving him.

Kara

I am not in the Friend Zone.

Alex

You've spent more time in the Friend Zone than the Phantom Zone.

Alex

Where are you?

Kara

I'm a little busy.

Alex

You said you would be here.

Kara

And I will be. I'm just dealing with an escaped alien prisoner.

I got $20 on the robot.

Alex

Forty on the alien.

Hank

I am not Hank Henshaw. He died the same night as your father. The D.E.O. had been pursuing an alien for months. Not one of the Fort Rozz prisoners, but an innocent one that was stranded on this planet. With the help of your father, the D.E.O. tracked the alien to a remote location in Peru. Henshaw led the squadron sent to terminate him.

Alex

My father would never have been part of a mission like that.

Hank

You're right. Jeremiah Danvers was a good man. He realized the alien they were hunting wasn't a threat. He was a refugee, like your sister. Sole survivor of a lost world. Your father tried to stop the mission, but Henshaw was obsessed. He'd finally trapped the alien he'd been hunting for so long. So, Jeremiah made the ultimate sacrifice. He gave his life to save that alien. Your father died a hero.

Alex

That alien... Is that you? But how are you him?

Hank

I am a shape shifter. When Hank Henshaw died, I assumed his identity to reform the D.E.O. But I also made your father a promise, that I would take care of his daughter. I recruited you so that I would honor that promise and protect you as if you were my own child.

Alex

If you're not Hank Henshaw, who are you?

J'onn J'onzz

I am the sole survivor of my planet. The Last Son of Mars. [transforms into a Martian] My name is J'onn J'onzz.

Kara

Alex, are you okay?

Alex

I'm fine.

Kara

Liar.

Alex

Back at you.

Kara

Arm's broken here. Which, by the way, a warning would have been nice about how much that hurts.

Alex

Kara, this is war, and to win a war, sometimes the enemy has to die. But can you look me in the eye and tell me that you are prepared to kill?

Kara

Superman doesn't kill.

Alex

If that's your answer then you shouldn't fight her.

Kara

I stopped by that food truck you like.

Alex

The one in Chicago? You are my favorite person.

Supergirl

You know, you guys could have told me. I can keep a secret.

No, you can't.

Hank

I have been J'onn J'onzz on Earth. I have tried it. I was hunted for 50 years. People I've loved have tried to kill me once they discovered who I really was.

Alex

I'm sorry. But times have changed. Look at Supergirl, the world loves her...

Hank

Your sister looks like a pretty blonde cheerleader. J'onn J'onzz looks like a monster. I will never be tolerated here on Earth. The more time I spend as Hank Henshaw, the less I have to face what I've lost. But when I change my state, shapeshift into someone new, call upon new powers, I get one step closer to becoming the Martian Manhunter forever.