Stargirl (TV Series)

Hourman and Dr. Mid-Nite (2020)

Brec Bassinger: Courtney Whitmore, Stargirl

Quotes 

• Courtney Whitmore : Why would a villain kill another villain?

  Pat Dugan : Well, I mean, they're not exactly the most stable people to begin with.

• Pat Dugan : I think Joey's dad was a member of the Injustice Society. William Zarick. We called him the Wizard.

  Courtney Whitmore : Of course you did.

• Pat Dugan : I'm gonna need you to start the car when I say when, okay?

  Courtney Whitmore : Okay.

  Pat Dugan : [opening the hood]  Okay, give it a try, Court.

  Courtney Whitmore : I thought you were going to say "when."

  Pat Dugan : [lowering the hood, with a sarcastic smile]  When.

• Rick Tyler : So, you think you're all superheroes, huh? So you're Stargirl. You're...

  Yolanda Montez : Wildcat.

  Rick Tyler : And she's...

  Yolanda Montez : [before Beth can say anything]  Just borrowing those for the night.

  Rick Tyler : Right. So, what can this "magic" hourglass do?

  Beth Chapel : It's science. Your dad invented it. The hourglass gave your dad super-strength. For one hour a day.

  Rick Tyler : One hour? So the other 23 hours he was what, just some dude?

  Beth Chapel : He was a brilliant chemist! You know, that hourglass only worked for your dad. It was tied to his DNA.

  Rick Tyler : How do you turn it on?

  Beth Chapel : How do you use any hourglass? You turn it over.

  [as he puts it around his neck and turns it over, its powers surge through him] 

  Rick Tyler : So, super-strength, huh?

  Courtney Whitmore : [he picks up and crumples a beer keg with ease]  Uh... hey, you... you really shouldn't test out your powers in public. Our identities are...

  Beth Chapel : Protecting them is Superhero 101. And you need a costume. Technically, we all do. Since it's Halloween...

  Rick Tyler : I'm not wearing a stupid costume. You guys, do whatever you want. I'm doing my own thing.

• Stargirl : I can't let you keep that hourglass. Not when you're like this.

  Rick Tyler : Yeah? Try and take it.

  Beth Chapel : [approaching]  Rick, wait! It wasn't an accident.

  Rick Tyler : What?

  Beth Chapel : Your parents were murdered.

  Rick Tyler : They crashed right here. They hit this tree and they...

  Beth Chapel : No.

  Charles McNider : The police report said a faulty tire that had been recalled blew out and caused the crash. But the recalled tires were never made for the make and model of vehicle they were driving.

  Beth Chapel : Dr. McNider says it wasn't the tree that killed them. He says he can... show us?

  [the goggles emit a holographic representation of what happened] 

  Beth Chapel : They were here. But so was someone else. Or something? Chuck calls it Solomon Grundy.

• Courtney Whitmore : You can't just take the hourglass.

  Rick Tyler : Yes, I can. It was my dad's, right? Now it's mine. Later.

  Yolanda Montez : Congrats. You just made the biggest delinquent in school an unstoppable beast.

  Courtney Whitmore : I'm not giving up yet. We can still get through to him.

  Yolanda Montez : Seems like he's done listening. And how do we make him?

  Courtney Whitmore : We can't when we're dressed like this.

  Beth Chapel : [excited]  Let's go suit up!

  Courtney Whitmore : Thanks, Beth, but we'll take it from here. Okay? Things could get really dangerous.

• Courtney Whitmore : Your dad's name was Rex Tyler.

  [showing him the Hourman hourglass again] 

  Courtney Whitmore : He was Hourman.

  Rick Tyler : What the hell are you talking about?

• Charles McNider : I am able to shift into various spectrums, including x-ray, infrared, and night vision.

  Beth Chapel : This is so bonkers.

  Courtney Whitmore : The goggles are just something my stepdad is working on.

  Beth Chapel : [seeing it registering as a lie]  False. These were invented by Dr. Charles McNider after he lost his sight fighting the mob. They helped a blind man see. He put on a mask and became Dr. Mid-Nite. Later joining the Justice Society of America.

  Courtney Whitmore : Give me those right now.

  Beth Chapel : And I know that you're a superhero, too.

  Courtney Whitmore : What?

  Beth Chapel : I saw you last night at the hospital. Flying!

  Courtney Whitmore : That's crazy. And-and that wasn't me. And you shouldn't even be in my room right now. I don't even know you.

  Beth Chapel : Um... well... A, we eat lunch together every day, and B, last night at the hospital, I heard you call Yolanda by her real name.

  Charles McNider : That is a common rookie superhero mistake.

  Beth Chapel : Chuck says it's a common rookie superhero mistake. It got someone named the Red Bee killed.

• Courtney Whitmore : What are you doing in my room?

  Beth Chapel : Oh, Chuck, tell me about her.

  Charles McNider : Courtney Elizabeth Whitmore. Permanent record includes the following infractions: talking back to teachers...

  Beth Chapel : These things are like Wikipedia on rocket fuel.

• Pat Dugan : [his car stalls]  Dang it!

  Courtney Whitmore : What happened?

  Pat Dugan : I don't know.

  Courtney Whitmore : I thought you were a professional mechanic. Have you ever even fixed a car?

• Rick Tyler : Why are you following me?

  Courtney Whitmore : I need to talk to you.

  [he moves to leave] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Wait. I just need to show you something, okay? It's hard to explain, but...

  [holding out Hourman's hourglass] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Look at this.

  Rick Tyler : It's an hourglass. So what?

  Courtney Whitmore : I-It was going crazy before.

  [holding it up to him, hoping something will happen] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Something's wrong.

  Rick Tyler : Yeah, something's wrong.

  Courtney Whitmore : Yeah.

  Rick Tyler : You should stay on your meds.

• Courtney Whitmore : We have to ramp up our search, Yolanda. We can't take on the entire Injustice Society ourselves. Who can we ask?

  Yolanda Montez : What about Artemis Crock? She's the best athlete in the whole school.

  Courtney Whitmore : I thought about her, but she's too...

  [seeing Artemis tackle a football jock] 

  Courtney Whitmore : ...competitive.

• Yolanda Montez : Okay, question. If the ISA is a bunch of murdering freaks, shouldn't we be looking beyond Blue Valley High?

  Courtney Whitmore : We can't trust adults. Anyone in Blue Valley could be a member of the Injustice Society.

• Pat Dugan : I'm starting to think you might be right. They could all be in Blue Valley. I just don't know why or who they could be.

  Courtney Whitmore : Did any of them play the violin?

  Pat Dugan : Yeah, the Fiddler.

  Courtney Whitmore : Brace yourself, Pat. I think Principal Bowin is the Fiddler.

  Pat Dugan : Yeah? First off, the Fiddler was a man. Second, he was Irish.

  Courtney Whitmore : Okay, well, I saw her playing the violin in like... a super evil-looking way.

  Pat Dugan : Where?

  Courtney Whitmore : At the hospital. In Brainwave's room.

  Pat Dugan : What? What were you doing there?

  Courtney Whitmore : I thought some of Brainwave's visitors could be ISA members, and sure enough, Principal Bowin was in his room, playing the violin. Why would she do that?

• Beth Chapel : So, you want to find Rick. Chuck tracked his phone from his house to a liquor store on Highway 4 to... Cindy Burman's house. There are 116 people at this location. 99.1% are minors. One adult. Number of underage drinking infractions: 80.

  Yolanda Montez : Okay, narc. I'm going home. This is a bad idea.

  Courtney Whitmore : Don't go, Yolanda. This is a huge deal. Rick's like me. His dad was a member of the JSA. He's a legacy! The... this is beyond exciting!

  Yolanda Montez : [seeing Henry King, Jr inside]  Okay. Well, I'm not going in there.

  Courtney Whitmore : I'll go find Rick.

• Stargirl : We just wanna talk.

  Rick Tyler : Look, I'm not playing fairy princess tea time with you two.

  Stargirl : I understand.

  Rick Tyler : What do you understand? My parents hit a tree and they died. What grand plan of God's was that?

  Wildcat : It wasn't God's plan, Rick. It was an accident.

  Rick Tyler : Then who do I blame, huh? Do you know what it's like to be so filled up with anger that you feel like you're poisoning yourself? Do you? I want to hit something, anything, all of the time. Every second. You think I like that? I hate feeling this way.

  Stargirl : My dad was a member of the Justice Society, too. He was Starman. And... even though I only met him a few times, I feel cheated. He was killed before I even got to know him. But now I get to keep his legacy alive. And you can, too. You can be a hero like your dad. Hourman. It's your choice.

  Rick Tyler : My choice?

  [in a fit of anger, he punches the tree where his parents crashed, which then topples over] 

  Rick Tyler : When have I ever had a choice? Be a hero like my dad? My dad's dead.

• Yolanda Montez : When you called and said you'd found a new recruit, I wasn't exactly expecting Beth Chapel. Why'd you choose her to be the new Captain Midnight?

  Courtney Whitmore : Dr. Mid-Nite. I didn't choose her. She just found the goggles and got them working. And she hasn't stopped talking ever since.

• Stargirl : Your parents... I'm betting they were killed by the same people that killed my dad.

  Rick Tyler : Who?

  Stargirl : I don't know yet. But whoever they are, they're in Blue Valley. They're the reason I'm putting together this new team. To get justice. For my dad. For yours. For all of the JSA.

  Rick Tyler : I'll do it. But I don't want justice, Courtney. I want revenge.

• Beth Chapel : What were you doing in West Farms?

  Courtney Whitmore : What?

  Beth Chapel : The dirt on your shoes, they have... farm fertilizer in them.

  Courtney Whitmore : Ew. Don't change the subject.

  Beth Chapel : Rick Harris is the only kid I know who lives way out in West Farms. I mean... that's what he calls himself.

  Courtney Whitmore : What do you mean?

  Beth Chapel : Rick Harris' real name is Rick Tyler. And Rick's dad's real name is Rex Tyler.

  Courtney Whitmore : What? Rex Tyler... he was a superhero.

  Beth Chapel : Rick's dad was a superhero?

  Courtney Whitmore : Rick's dad was Hourman.

• Courtney Whitmore : You are a disturbed little man.

  Mike Dugan : I appreciate it.