Supergirl (TV Series)

In Search of Lost Time (2018)

Mehcad Brooks: James Olsen

Quotes 

• M'yrnn J'onzz : "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover."

  Alex Danvers : What?

  J'onn J'onzz : Cheating again. Come on, dad, no mind reading.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : You keep accusing me of not following the rules. You are one to talk.

  [J'onn is confused] 

  M'yrnn J'onzz : My son used to wait for me to leave, and the moment I had gone, he would switch around the pieces on the Ok-Rock-Tock board. When I caught him, he blamed his imaginary friend... what was his name?

  James Olsen : Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. You had an imaginary friend?

  J'onn J'onzz : No, I...

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Oh, yes, he did. You said he was a fifth-dimensiona imp who came just to move the pieces. What was his name?

  J'onn J'onzz : [giving in]  Zook.

  M'yrnn J'onzz : Zook!

  Alex Danvers , James Olsen , Winn Schott , Kara Danvers : [amused]  Zook!

  M'yrnn J'onzz : "Zook! Zook did it! It was Zook!" That was you.

• Lena Luthor : James, I really wish you'd call first.

  James Olsen : Yeah, I tried that for a week. I just, uh... figured maybe I had better luck in person.

  Lena Luthor : Listen, I'm sorry, I'm in the middle of an emergency.

  James Olsen : Oh. I'm sorry. Is everything okay, or...?

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

  James Olsen : Sounds like they need an intervention.

  Lena Luthor : Tried that. It's not going well.

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

  Lena Luthor : Did he ever acknowledge what was wrong with him?

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

• James Olsen : I was gonna leave this here for you. I didn't think I'd run into you.

  Lena Luthor : You brought me dinner.

  James Olsen : Yeah. Um... look, I-I know your work's really important. It's "saving the world" important, but I-I happen to have a few friends who make a habit of that. And I-I know when they get really deep into it, they... they forget to eat, so, uh... I didn't want that to happen to you.

  Lena Luthor : Well, that is... incredibly thoughtful. And I haven't eaten all day.

  James Olsen : Well, I'll leave you to it, then.

  Lena Luthor : Well, since there's enough food here to feed an army, why don't you join me?

• Lena Luthor : There's something between us, something good. But in my life, in my work, there are people who count on my discretion. So I won't always be able to share everything with you.

  James Olsen : If you think a secret needs to be kept, then it needs to be kept.

  Lena Luthor : Well, I appreciate that.

  James Olsen : Tell me it's going well, at least?

  Lena Luthor : Not yet. But it will.