Hank Henshaw quotes from Supergirl

Alex

I sent a team to scan the area. No signs of extraterrestrial activity, so we can probably rule out an alien shapeshifter. Unless there's something you're not telling us.

Hank

The skirt was surprisingly comfortable, but no.

Alex

He all but admitted it. He took all those girls. All seven. Even the Bizarro you.

Hank

Is that what we're calling it?

Supergirl

Another Catco trademark.

Hank

What the hell do you think you're doing, Alex?

Alex

I have no choice, Hank. He's had us under surveillance. He knows about the D.E.O., he knows about Kara.

Hank

I don't care if he's got the nuclear codes and his finger's on the button. That is not some anonymous alien you've brought in. That is Maxwell Lord, head of a multi-billion dollar organization. Time magazine's ranking person of the year. Everybody's gonna be looking for this guy.

Alex

They won't find him.

Hank

You're compromising the security of this entire operation.

Alex

And he is compromising the security of my family. Guess which one I care about more. We are all willing to do a lot of things to protect our secrets, Hank. I would think you'd understand that better than anyone.

Hank

What the hell are these guys doing here?

James

Where Supergirl goes, we go.

Hank

This is a top secret facility Mr. Olsen, you think I'm going to let the media waltz in here?

Winn

Actually, I'm in IT, so definitely not worth shooting.

Alex

Astra may have been Kara's enemy on the battlefield, but she was also family. She's taking it hard.

Hank

Yeah, I knew she would.

Alex

She never stopped believing Astra could be saved.

Hank

That's the difference between soldiers and heroes.

Alex

Sir, why did you lie to Kara?

Hank

Because you're Supergirl's hero. And I don't want her to see you as anything but.

Eliza

So, Mars... I have to ask, underneath it all, are you a little green man?

Hank

I'm a big green man, actually.

Eliza

Ha! And how are you able to change form? Is it an enzyme or some other chemical catalyst your body secretes that allows you to reorganize your DNA? And how do you adjust for the change in body density? How does your respiratory system process the increased oxygen and nitrogen present in our air that...

Eliza

What? What is so funny?

Hank

Like mother, like daughter.

Supergirl

I just... we both know what I'm up against, and I will save the Earth, I promise you that. I just don't know if I'll make it out alive. I didn't say the things that needed to be said when I left Krypton, and I wanted to make sure I said them now - just in case.

Hank

I was exactly where you are, Kara. And when I was, you told me to never give up.

Supergirl

I'm not giving up. But my mother didn't send me to Earth to fall in love with a human, have children, live in a house with a white picket fence. She sent me here to protect Kal-El. And now I will use my powers to protect the Earth. And if I die achieving that, I'm at peace with it. I'll join my mother. We'll be together in Rao's light.

Supergirl

Where are we?

Hank

The Department of Extranormal Operations.

Supergirl

Wait. Wait, wait, wait. This has always been here? With the glass and the views and... and you made me fly into that cave every day?

Hank

D.E.O. has several facilities, Kara

Supergirl

A bat bit me in the last one.

Hank

Whiner.

Alex

Hey, sis.

Supergirl

You knew about this place, too?

Alex

Yeah. It's, like, a block from my apartment. It's kinda like the old place. Maybe better.

Hank

People think we should talk.

Superman

What's there to talk about? You keep kryptonite here, J'onn. It could kill me, it could kill Kara.

Hank

I would never let it be used like that.

Superman

I know you wouldn't. But what happens when you're not in charge any more? What happens if you get an order from a superior, the President herself? As long as you have kryptonite here, I can't be a part of what you do.

Hank

Your parents?

Superman

Yes.

Hank

[in Kryptonian] They have not left you, even in the face of death.

Superman

You speak Kryptonian.

Hank

Both men without a home, Kal. If we don't preserve each other's history, who will?

Superman

Can't have it both ways, J'onn. Can't offer friendship with one hand and kryptonite with the other.

Hank

I have to.

Superman

Why?

Hank

Because Mars is a crypt. Because angry gods burned our young and we were helpless to stop them. Because I will not be caught unprepared again. Hate me if you want. It is what it is.

Superman

I don't hate you, J'onn. I just don't trust you. Because you don't trust me. We should have been allies. Is kryptonite really worth us being alone in this fight?

Supergirl

It's amazing. An Executive Order allowing aliens on Earth to come out of the shadows and live as full citizens. She's making history.

Hank

Not in my book. I think she's making a big mistake.

Supergirl

How can you, of all people, say that?

Hank

'Cause it's been my hard experience that humans and aliens don't mix.

Supergirl

What about you and me?

Hank

What about us? We can look like them, we blend in. A lot of aliens can't. And people in this world don't have much tolerance for others who look different. I say that as an alien and someone who's worn the face of a black man for fifteen years.

Hank

The Bond is the traditional Martian way of communicating. We link minds. Share dreams, emotions... memories. We kept no secrets from one another. Imagine. A world without ego and selfishness. Without... lies.

Supergirl

It sounds beautiful.

Alex

If anyone can help her, J'onn, it's you. I know how you feel about White Martians --

Hank

Don't ask me to do this, Alex.

Alex

You have shown them mercy before --

Hank

NOT THIS!! I will not give her my people's memories! I will not give her my daughter's smiles! Her kind has taken enough from me. From us. If she dies, she dies. She deserves it a thousand times over. Let her drown in her own sins.

Alex

When I needed her (M'gann) -- when you needed her -- she opened up a vein for you. I mean, she had to know that there was a chance saving you would reveal her a White Martian. She did it anyway. She said she tried to help your kind.

Hank

I suspect that's true.

Alex

Then what's the harm in the Bond? I mean, if you can see into her past, maybe you can find some good in there.

Hank

I don't want to forgive her.

Alex

Why?

Hank

Hate becomes your reason for living when you've lost everything that you love. If I find that there was some good in her kind... I don't hate her.

Alex

Forgiveness isn't something that you give to somebody who's hurt you. Forgiveness is something that you give to yourself.

I hid who I was. I said I was a Green (Martian). I wanted....

Hank

Tell me.

M'gann

To be your friend. I couldn't bring your people back to life, but I could make you feel less alone. I'm so sorry.

Hank

I'm here with you. I see you. You are my friend. M'gann M'orzz... you are forgiven.

M'gann

J'onn...

Hank

It's time to come home