Supergirl (TV Series)

Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up? (2019)

Sam Witwer: Ben Lockwood

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• DEO Agent : I didn't think you were coming in today.

  Ben Lockwood : Where are we with, uh, the criminal alien who calls herself Dreamer?

  DEO Agent : I'm not sure what you...

  Ben Lockwood : Wait a second. T-This is the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, is it not? W-What do we... what do we do here at the Department of Extra-Normal Operations?

  DEO Agent : We monitor extra-normal...

  Ben Lockwood : No, no, no! Aliens. Right? That was your... you were gonna say alien. Well, you're correct. And Dreamer is an alien. And, uh, these days, we just don't monitor aliens, we hunt them down. So, uh, have you hunted down Dreamer yet? Huh? No? Okay. Here's an easy one. What about the alien who killed my wife?

  DEO Agent : Colonel Haley...

  Ben Lockwood : Colonel Haley isn't here. I am.

  [to the room at large] 

  Ben Lockwood : All right. Listen up! An illegal alien has commandeered your airwaves and called for an uprising against your government. We have to find her. We have to find out who she is. Find every human and alien whom she is working with. And I have an idea, let's start with James Olsen, because I would like to know how the *hell* he got superpowers.

• Cooper : I went through Haley's office. Found some files. Lena Luthor's been working out of the DEO.

  Querl Dox : [eavesdropping]  Sprock.

  Ben Lockwood : Why? She's got a whole building with her name on it.

  Cooper : Maybe we'll find some answers in her lab.

  Ben Lockwood : Show me.

  Querl Dox : Double sprock.

• Querl Dox : [locking Lena's lab]  May I be of some assistance?

  Ben Lockwood : Open it.

  Querl Dox : I can't.

  Ben Lockwood : That's an order.

  Querl Dox : Yet, it would appear that Article 351, Section 6 of the DEO Code of Behavior does not make exceptions for the president's Cabinet.

  Ben Lockwood : Cooper, sidearm.

  [cocking his pistol, Cooper hands it over, and Ben fires, shattering the glass in the door] 

• Ben Lockwood : [surprised to see George at the DEO]  What are you doing here?

  George Lockwood : You left in the middle of Mother's funeral.

  Ben Lockwood : Yes, and I know. But I had to. You want me to catch your mother's killer, don't you?

  George Lockwood : Of course I do, but you... you left me alone in a church full of people and... I just lost my mother. And I need you.

  Ben Lockwood : I know, but we need justice, son. First your grandfather, now your mother. Everything that I am doing is for their memories.

  Cooper : Sir, we found something I think you're gonna wanna see.

  Ben Lockwood : [to George, as he turns to leave]  And for you.

• Ben Lockwood : This is it. This is what gave James Olsen powers.

  Querl Dox : Sir... everyone involved in this project thought the same thing. Wouldn't it be great if humans had superpowers? James Olsen was given a carefully calibrated, highly refined dose in the midst of a medical emergency.

  Ben Lockwood : [Cooper moves to escort him out]  Wait, wait, wait. Hold up. Hold up. Let him finish.

  Querl Dox : What you're holding is a raw, undiluted experimental serum that will, in all likelihood, kill you.

  Ben Lockwood : "In all likelihood." Oh, that means it might not.

  Querl Dox : I know the odds. They're not good.

• DEO Agent : Sir, we found the alien that killed your wife.

  Ben Lockwood : Where?

  [she shows him her tablet] 

  Ben Lockwood : Get our agents over there right now.

  Cooper : They're all out searching.

  Ben Lockwood : Then assemble a DEO strike team. I'll lead.

• Ben Lockwood : Where's the Brevakk who killed my wife?

  [she's apprehended as she tries to flee] 

  Ben Lockwood : Take her out of here.

  [she's escorted out] 

  Ben Lockwood : And, uh, rendition the lot of them for enhanced interrogation.

  Querl Dox : Mr. Secretary, we found who we were looking for. The rest of these aliens are innocent of any crimes.

  Ben Lockwood : They were harboring a murderer. Move.

• Dreamer : [with James]  Secretary Lockwood.

  Ben Lockwood : The hero and the blood traitor. I was hoping you would come by. Arrest them.

• Ben Lockwood : Arrest them!

  Querl Dox : [moving in front of James and Dreamer]  No! Each one of us swore an oath to defend this country and its Constitution. The Secretary is asking you to compromise that oath. I urge you, follow your hearts. Not your orders.

• Ben Lockwood : Earth first.

  Martian Manhunter : [landing behind him]  Stand down or suffer.

• Martian Manhunter : You think you have the weight of the world's pain on your shoulders. But you don't. You created this pain, this fear.

  Ben Lockwood : You know nothing about me, alien.

  Martian Manhunter : I am the Martian Manhunter. I know you, and you should know this: the last man who stood against me met a downfall all of his own making.

  Ben Lockwood : There will be no downfall. I am the law.

  Martian Manhunter : For now. But regimes change.

• George Lockwood : I came to you and you turned away from me.

  Ben Lockwood : You have to understand, son. I-I had to find...

  George Lockwood : Mom's killer. Right? Did it help? You know, I saw you today. Just another bitter, angry man.

  Ben Lockwood : [George moves to leave]  George? George. I did this all to keep you and your mother safe.

  George Lockwood : You did this for yourself. You're responsible for her death. You killed her with this stupid fight of yours, and I will never forgive you. I hate you.