Hank Henshaw quotes from Supergirl

Hank

I once told you, there are people out there who fear your cousin. It's not because he has god-like powers. It's because of what he might do to them if he ever lost his temper.

Hank

Maxwell Lord has a god complex, but he's not an actual god.

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.

Hank

I see you share your cousin's appetite for wanton destruction, Miss Danvers.

Supergirl

You know, I am starting to answer to Supergirl.

Hank

Have you lost your mind? What were you thinking giving interviews?

Kara

I wouldn't say it was an interview exactly. It was more of a private conversation that's being published.

Hank

What's next? A book deal? A reality show? "Keeping Up with the Kryptonians"?

You let that thing get away. I thought you were on our side.

Supergirl

I tried. It fought harder this time, harder. Faster. Like it's learned a thing or two from the last go.

It's like it knew you'd choose to save those people. The tornado was just a diversion to get away. He used your humanity against you.

And now more innocent humans could be in danger. If anything else happens, you and the D.E.O. will both be held accountable.

Hank

That's enough, General. My team analyzed Red Tornado's covering. It's made out of a biosyntheic polymer which contains traces of lead. To suppress x-ray vision, right? The android wasn't meant to fight insurgents. It was designed to kill Kryptonians.

You got Fort Rozz aliens locked up downstairs. Monsters. Abominations. Some of them have wings. Some have horns. And others spit acid. Do you know the difference between them and her? She's blonde.

Hank

She saved you and your daughter, tonight. You don't owe fear and contempt. You owe her a thank you.

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.

Bow your head when you approach me! I am Jemm, master of the Faceless Hunters! Conqueror of...

Hank

Twelve worlds. Yeah, heard you the first 10 times. It's not getting any more impressive.

Supergirl

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

No, you can't.

Supergirl

You can feel like this all the time, you know. Free. Untethered. True to who you really are.

Hank

The world needs Hank Henshaw more than it needs J'onn J'onzz.

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.

Alex

So what do we do now?

Hank

We don't do anything

Alex

No. No. No. That's not happening. We are going to bring this thing in together.

Hank

We are not bringing this in.

Alex

What do you mean?

Hank

You know exactly what I mean... I will find its lair. And when I do I will drop this human coat I wear and break its body in half and bury it in the dry sand.

Supergirl

I'm not leaving you alone with that thing

Hank

You have to. I'm done.

Supergirl

Done? Done with what? It has Alex. We've got to stop it.

Hank

This started because it wanted me dead- with my race gone if I'm all that's left. Let it have me.

Supergirl

No! This murderer does not get to win. And you don't get to give up!

Hank

It will save Alex.

Supergirl

We don't get to choose. We fight!

Supergirl

I ask myself everyday why my mother didn't crawl into that pod with me. Now I know she felt guilty. She felt responsible for what happened on Krypton. That dying must've seemed... honorable But dying is a lot easier than getting back up when the world has ended. You have to get up. You have to go on.

Hank

My road is done. I'll help Alex and then join my people wherever they are.

Hank

[after putting Kryptonite restraints on Supergirl] I'm sorry. But I can't let you stop me.

Supergirl

J'onn. J'onn. J'onn. Listen to me. I lost everything - everyone. It makes a hole in your heart. But you can't fall into it. You have to fill it. You have to fight. Do not throw away who you are. If you do that thing wins. The last son of Mars dies even if you're still standing.