Oh, watching Clark Kent walk away is like trencendental meditation. All of your worries, all of your concerns in life, they just [sighs] fall away.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
PCProject Cadmus
[broadcasted mission statement] People of National City, the Earth has been stolen from us. The enemy has come in the guise of heroes. They say they come in peace, to protect us from ourselves. But how long will it be before these gods decide to rule instead of serve? We are the antidote to their poison. We are the scientists who will show them what humans are capable of. Those who have sided with the invaders will not be spared. You cannot stop us. We are everywhere. We are Cadmus.
You don't get a chair, Ponytail.
That's fine. I like action better anyway. I can pound the pavement.
You don't get a chair 'cause you don't work here.
But that's not your call. Miss Grant hired me.
I don't care what Cat says. My office, my hires.
But this is the job I chose.
Oh, you chose it. Well, you didn't earn it. You don't just become a reporter. This isn't a Facebook status update. You're a reporter because you went to journalism school or because you walked the beat. Either way, journals live to tell stories. To get to the truth. To get their hands dirty.
I'll admit I have a lot to learn, but if you just give me an assignment --
No assignment. No job. Now get your entitled ass out of my office before I channel my last divorce and break you emotionally.
[Superman and Hank arrive at the Fortress of Solitude. Hanks sees statues of Superman's parents.]
Your parents?
Yes.
[in Kryptonian] They have not left you, even in the face of death.
You speak Kryptonian.
Both men without a home, Kal. If we don't preserve each other's history, who will?
Can't have it both ways, J'onn. Can't offer friendship with one hand and kryptonite with the other.
I have to.
Why?
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.
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?
Here we are. Once again doing everything we can to help Kara, to keep her safe. Do you know the... the last time I went on a date? [whispers] Two years ago. You date more often than I do.
Rude. You ever spend time inside a foster home?
No.
Yeah, well, I have. After my father went to prison. And I gotta say, it is nothing but being told how grateful you should be that someone is taking care of you. Dude, that's not family. Family is not about scorekeeping or who did more. It's just about showing up. So just chill with the attitude, okay?
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.
Not in my book. I think she's making a big mistake.
How can you, of all people, say that?
'Cause it's been my hard experience that humans and aliens don't mix.
What about you and me?
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.
I know. I know what you're gonna say. I should have waited for you.
No. I was gonna say "You should have waited for me, dummy." What if he'd actually been there? What would you have done?
My job.
[sighs] Make smarter choices next time. [walks off]
Yes, ma'am.
Hey, how's your article coming?
Awful.
Oh, uh, there's... there's no "k" in "diabolical".
MPMadam President
My fellow Americans. Over a century ago, this nation erected a monument in New York Harbor. A Statue of Liberty. That statue looked down upon Ellis Island where thousands of immigrants came to seek refuge from a home country that didn't want them, that wouldn't have them. But America took them in. That is our story! The American people today stand as one with history. No longer will our alien visitors be strangers. Committed to the shadows, forced to the fringes of a hostile and unwelcoming world. They will be granted the full rights and privileges of American citizens. The Statue of Liberty will stand for aliens, too.
MPMadam President
And a very personal "Thank you" to both of you.
[flustered] It was an honor, Madame President, it was nothing. And I still can't believe I got to see Air Force One.
MPMadam President
If you think that's cool, you ought to see my other jet. [winks]
So what do you guys do for fun around here? You drink, or dance, or... Oh, hey, do they play garrata here?
What's "garatta"?
It's like soccer. With dragons.
No. Not that. Uh, we have... PlayStation...
Great. So when do we get outta here and do that... that thing you just said?
You're supposed to be at the sanitation department, getting figures on pelican deaths at the trash dump.
I'm so excited about that, but I just overheard a report about a murdered alien on my NCPD scanner. They're calling it "alien on alien violence."
An alien got killed. An alien did it. Where's the story?
I... I just told you the story.
Really? So you got an actual NCPD source to speak on the record? Did you talk to the victim's family? Set up an interview with the DA's office to see if and when charges will be filed? Where's the medical examiner's report? Did you research economic and demographic indicators of vice in context of human-alien race relations?
All very good questions... Uh...
You didn't give me a story, you gave me a half-baked idea. Go bake it fully, then I'll talk to you. [Kara shakes her head exasperatedly] Go! Bake, bake, bake!
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.
It sounds beautiful.
[Alex and Sawyer are chasing down Roulette]
Hey, stop! Back up!
[the aliens who fight for Roulette stand in a protective ring around her]
RRoulette
They know who really looks out for them.
Stand down! Everybody stand down! Things are bad I know, but fighting amongst each other, that's what they want us to do. Other aliens are not the enemy, [points at Roulette] she is! And the more we fight each other, the more we distract each other from the real problems: Cadmus, people like Roulette. They say we are dangerous, that's what they want everyone to believe. Don't let them be right about us.
[The aliens close on Roulette and block her, allowing Sawyer to arrest her]
I heard you took out Draaga.
Yeah. Thanks for the tip.
Yeah, I thought it would be fun to have his powers.
It can be. It will be. I'm going to teach you how.
I got the impression you didn't want to spend time with me.
Well, you're right, I didn't. But I asked the D.E.O. to release you into my custody.
Really? Why?
I wasn't sent to planet Earth to be a hero. I was sent to protect my cousin. To teach him and keep him safe. And I never got to fulfill that purpose. So, in a weird way, helping you... it gives me another chance to do that.
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