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Pam Grier in Smallville (2001)

Phil Morris: John Jones • Martian Manhunter

Checkmate

Smallville

Phil Morris credited as playing...

John Jones • Martian Manhunter

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  • Clark Kent: She's not wrong, you know? Waller.
  • John Jones: How so?
  • Clark Kent: When I saw the future, Zod and his people had already started World War III, and we weren't winning. Tess was right about being prepared. Because as much I want to believe that I've stopped that day from happening, it still might.
  • John Jones: You don't have to join her.
  • Clark Kent: No. But, like she said, eventually I'll have to choose sides.
  • John Jones: You can't. You are here for something far greater, Clark. You will be the ambassador who bridges all the sides together.
  • Amanda Waller: I was hoping I would get the chance to enlist you. But I have the feeling somebody already has. Somebody with a very high level of Intel. You came for what's in there, didn't you?
  • John Jones: That doesn't belong to you.
  • Amanda Waller: That blood traveled light-years to get here. And it's foreshadowing a threat we will not take lightly.
  • John Jones: Your preparations for war are unnecessary. You're simply reacting out of fear.
  • Amanda Waller: Fear? Fear is what prompts us to protect ourselves. And studying fear gives us insight to others' phobias. A police detective who won't go near fire. Makes it hard to protect and serve, doesn't it?
  • John Jones: [Whooshing] John Jones: Your identity's safe, for now.
  • Clark Kent: Clark Kent: She's not wrong, you know? Waller.
  • John Jones: John Jones: How so?
  • Clark Kent: Clark Kent: When I saw the future, Zod and his people had already started World War III, and we weren't winning. She was right about being prepared. Because, as much as I want to believe that I've stopped that day from happening, it still might.
  • John Jones: John Jones: You don't have to join her.
  • Clark Kent: Clark Kent: No. But like she said, eventually, I'll have to choose sides.
  • John Jones: John Jones: You can't.
  • [sighs]
  • John Jones: You are here for something far greater, Clark. You will be the ambassador who bridges all the sides together.
  • Clark Kent: Clark Kent: What were you doing, John? Why not include the rest of us?
  • John Jones: John Jones: I would have told the team what was going on. But I wanted you and the rest of them to stay off Checkmate's radar.
  • Clark Kent: Clark Kent: But you're not in this alone. Who are you working for?
  • John Jones: John Jones: Let's just say that... there are more players on the board than you think. And when it comes to choosing sides, things aren't always black and white.
  • Amanda Waller: Get me out of here. The prisoner over powered me.
  • Checkmate Guard: [turning the cell of flames off] No alarms have been reported yet.
  • [checking a GPS tracker]
  • Checkmate Guard: There's no sign of Jones.
  • John Jones: [shifting back to his regular form] That's because I'm still here.
  • Edward Lott: What do you want?
  • John Jones: I'm afraid you've made a critical error. I believe this is yours.
  • [John shows him the radio earpiece; Lott takes out his gun, but John stops the bullet with his hand]
  • John Jones: Tell me the location of Checkmate's headquarters. The place you call the Castle.
  • Edward Lott: Who are you working for?
  • John Jones: Someone who will not hestitate to expose your double life.
  • John Jones: Clark, what are you doing here?
  • Clark Kent: Looking for any sign of Oliver. You didn't know he was missing? He was here on patrol when Watchtower lost contact.
  • John Jones: I'm here on police business. But I'll keep an eye out.
  • Clark Kent: It'll be faster if we work together. Unless you've already found something.
  • John Jones: You need to trust me, Clark.
  • Clark Kent: You first.
  • [with his x-ray vision, he sees something in John's pocket]
  • Clark Kent: What do you know, John?
  • John Jones: You shouldn't have done that, Clark.
  • John Jones: I would have told the team what was going on. But I wanted you and the rest of them to stay off Checkmate's radar.
  • Clark Kent: But you're not in this alone. Who are you working for?
  • John Jones: Let's just say that... there are more players on the board than you think. And when it comes to choosing sides, things aren't always black and white.

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