James Olsen quotes from Supergirl

Kara

You are never going to be strong enough for this (being Guardian).

James

You do not get to decide who is a hero. And who are you to tell me how to be? Or who to be? I am meant for this.

Kara

If you don't stop, I'll stop you.

James

You're welcome to try.

Winn

I am very excited to meet Alex's new mystery man.

James

Hey, do we know what he does for a living? Alex's guy?

Kara

Cop.

Winn

Yeah, no way Alex Danvers dates someone who doesn't own a firearm.

Alex

Hey, you guys. Hey, um, you all remember Maggie, right?

James

[after comprehending that Alex and Maggie are dating] Hey, yeah, good to see you again.

Winn

Alex! I... I didn't know. [points at Hank] Did you know?

Hank

Of course I knew. I'm psychic.

Alex

How come you never said anything before?

Hank

It's not for me to say. Good for you, Alex.

Alex

[cleaning James' wounds] You're lucky you didn't take a direct hit.

Kara

Very lucky.

James

I had my shield. I love that shield. [Kara gives him a pointed look] And I know what I'm doing, Kara.

Kara

Even if Metallo is weakening though, he's still a fanatic follower of Lillian Luthor. We have to find out where he's taking Lena and how to help her.

James

What is it gonna take for you to realize that Lena is a criminal? She's not the victim. She got the kryptonite, he broke her out of prison.

Kara

Lena is not a member of Cadmus! She's not! She stopped the game with alien weapons, she saved Alex's life when Corben tried to kill her.

James

She shot Corben and then her crazy Mom turned Corben into Metallo, so that could've been the plan the entire time.

Hank

We have to start treating Lena Luthor like a hostile. The evidence is too overwhelming.

Kara

Winn? If you watch that video, I know you'll find something.

Winn

I did, it's... it's clean.

Kara

Then find something to prove her innocent.

Hank

Everything we've seen so far says the exact opposite.

Kara

Well, she's my friend, and I believe in her. [leaves room]

James

[follows Kara out the room] I'm your friend. Which is why I don't understand why it's so hard for you to believe me. People don't remember this, Kara, but Clark and Lex Luthor used to be best friends. For years. And Clark believed in Lex for the longest time. No matter what people said. No matter what kind of proof he saw with his own eyes. No. Lex was his friend. But Clark was wrong.

Kara

Lena is not Lex.

James

But they grew up in the same house, Kara. I don't understand why you keep defending her. And you have so much faith in her, but none in me as Guardian.

Kara

That's entirely different. I am trying to protect you.

James

I do not need your protection. I need your trust. You have mine. I don't understand why it's so hard for me to get yours.

Lena

I thought you'd be too busy to act as my chaperone.

James

I don't want to chaperone you. I don't consider myself a chaperone, I consider myself the person who's been running this company for a year.

Lena

All right, Mr. Olsen. I have a meeting with the advertising department in 20 minutes. I'll see you there.

James

See you in 19.

Lena

Twenty will be fine.

[addressing the worshippers of Supergirl] Hello. Uh, it was, um... it was Spring break when I caught my boyfriend cheating on me with my best friend. And I took it hard. Snuck into a rooftop party, and I got totally wasted, and I stood on the ledge as a joke. And then the next thing I knew,... I was falling. And as I fell, I thought "I hope that if this is it, that it's quick." But it wasn't quick. And that fall lasted an eternity. And then she caught me. And she told me that everything is gonna be okay. Because of Supergirl, I realize I still deserve to be loved. Supergirl saved me. [The congregation applauds.]

James

[whispers to Kara] Do you remember saving her?

Kara

[looks at all the people, nearly overwhelmed] I... I remember all of them.

James

You know how I met Superman?

Kara

At the Daily Planet.

James

That was your cousin Clark. So one day, I climbed up this bridge spire to get this angle on this tanker fire, and it was beautiful. It was great. There was a lot of smoke in the air. I got light-headed, and I lost my footing. And I fell. And I knew for sure that I was gonna die. So I just prayed. I prayed to anything, to anyone who was listening... to save me. And then out of the smoke came this hand that grasped mine. And that was the first time Superman saved me. Same way you did Coville.

Kara

My biology absorbs solar radiation at a different rate than humans. What about that is miraculous?

James

In this life, prayer normally doesn't work. Nobody shows up. But Clark did. And you do. Kara, you're something that we can see, something that we can touch. How are you not a miracle?

Lena

Mr. Olsen. I didn't expect you to be here.

James

Well, the news never sleeps.

Lena

How are you, really? I was worried about you.

James

Well, I'm kind of a hard man to keep down, Miss Luthor.

Lena

You know, I have a rule. Whenever anyone takes a bullet for me, they get to call me "Lena".

James

[chuckles] Okay, well, "Lena" it is. And, uh, my friends call me "James". Or... "Jimmy".

Lena

[smiling] Well, feel better, Jimmy Olsen.

Edge

Ah, Lena, Lena! C'mon, it's Christmas! Where's your Christmas spirit? It's my favorite time of the year. The only fires I'm lighting are the ones I'm gonna roast chestnuts over. And if you think I had anything to do with going after you, which you sure as hell can't prove, my line of attack would be much, much more effective. [indicating James] Is that why you brought your bodyguard?

James

I'm here just to make sure that you remain... civil.

Edge

[gets right in James' face] Jimmy, I get the feeling your dislike for me is... more than just purely professional.

James

You get feelings?

James

You mind if I stay out here for a second with you?

Winn

[struggling with his feelings] Like, he's just gone, right? That's, that's all. I mean, it's not like anything's gonna change. I... never talked to him, never saw him, I....

James

That doesn't mean you never felt him.

Winn

Uh, I'm supposed to be feeling something, right? I don't feel... [gestures emptily] anything... I don't think... um,... Just go inside.

James

I'm not going back in.

Winn

Okay.

Lena

An employee of mine asked for help with a problem. And now that I've diagnosed the solution, they don't want to accept it.

James

Sounds like they need an intervention.

Lena

Tried that. It's not going well.

James

Yeah, I had a roommate, in college. Great guy, but he started taking something. I'm not sure what it was, but he would come home, all hours of the night, and just tear the place apart. I tried to tell him that he had a problem, but he never wanted to hear it. So I just kept cleaning up after him.

Lena

Did he ever acknowledge what was wrong with him?

James

See, that's the thing. No matter how bad you want to help somebody, all you can really do is hold up a mirror.

Lena

Surprised you'd want to see me.

James

You know, for quite some time, I've been looking for any reason, any reason I could to distrust you. It's not your fault, it's just, um... Lex baggage, whatever. But for the last two years, you have done nothing but prove me wrong.

Lena

Until now.

James

No. No. The way I see it, your friend came to you with something unbearable. You tried your best to help her carry it. You did everything in your power to help her, regardless of what that might look like to other people when they found out. And that's beautiful. That's somebody I want to know.

Lena

Really?

James

Yeah.

James

Kara. Something happen with Reign?

Kara

No, actually it's... it's Lena. Why did you tell her that Supergirl asked Guardian to go into her lab to find kryptonite? Now she has a problem with me.

James

She does not have a problem with you. She couldn't wait to see you this morning. She was talking about you.

Kara

She couldn't wait to see Kara. Not Supergirl. She has a problem with Supergirl. [sighs] Supergirl can't tell her that she can actually trust me because I'm her best friend, Kara. But Kara can't tell her why Supergirl took it so personally that she was using kryptonite behind her back because... Lena doesn't actually know that I'm Supergirl.

James

You know what you said is really confusing, right?

Lena

Everyone knows that Guardian's a hero.

James

But not everyone knows that Guardian is black. You know how old I was the first time cops put cuffs on me? Seven. I was seven years old. My family and I were taking a vacation. We were staying at this nice hotel, and my cousins and I decided to go out in the grounds and play hide-and-go-seek. One minute I'm trying my damndest not to be found, and in the next I'm shielding my eyes from police lights. And these four huge cops, they came and they pulled us out of our hiding places, and the whole time we're saying "Wait, what are you doing? We're staying here," but none of them believed that we were supposed to be there, none of them believed that we belonged. So my oldest cousin must've been about eleven, and I was the smallest, but they slapped cuffs on all of us anyway, and my arms were so little they had to put them around my forearms. Then they marched us into the hotel lobby like a bunch of criminals, and my mom was there, and then they believed us. She kept yelling "Get those cuffs off my boys!" Those cuffs. [sighs]

Lena

James, that's horrible.

James

[nodding] Racism is the oldest form of bullying.

Lena

I'm so sorry that happened to you.

James

But when I became Guardian, I put that mask on and it was strangely liberating. It was the first time, in my life, that I had the opportunity to be judged on my action and my heart, not how I look.

James

I mean, well, there's still a chance that Supergirl can come back in time.

Lena

And if she doesn't?.... James, I don't know what to do.

James

What would Sam want you to do?

Lena

Sam wanted me to heal her.

James

No, not what Sam wanted you to do. What would Sam want you to do now, with the choice that you're presented with?

Lena

.... She'd choose Ruby. Over anything. Even her own life. She'd want me to protect her daughter.

James

It's a difficult choice. But it sounds like you have the answer.

Lena

People don't like the government keeping track of the guns they own.

James

I never really understood that argument. That someone's right to own an assault weapon is more important than someone's right to go to school safely.

Lena

I have a gun for self-defense. I have used it for self-defense.

James

[in disbelief] You're not telling me you're one of those people that thinks that having a gun makes everybody safer, right?

Lena

We disagree. But I can see your side, and hopefully you can see my side, too.

James

I'm open to listening.

Lena

Good, 'cause things get done when we listen to each other.