Invincible (TV Series)

A Lesson for Your Next Life (2023)

Walton Goggins: Cecil

Quotes 

• Cecil : Good to see you, kid. What can I do for you?

  Mark Grayson : Going back to school made me realize it's the wrong place for me right now. I need to be out there. You need to start calling on me again.

  Cecil : Hey... hold on.

  Mark Grayson : I'm better, I'm stronger, I'm ready.

  Cecil : No, you're not.

  [sighs] 

  Cecil : You're not, Mark.

  Mark Grayson : What? What do you mean?

  Cecil : You think I haven't been watching your early morning outings?

  Mark Grayson : That's why I need you. I need to do more.

  Cecil : It's only been a month, Mark. Focus on your mom, your grades, your girlfriend. You want to go to college with Amber, right? You can't do that if you don't graduate.

  Mark Grayson : I can save lives.

  Cecil : You did. You saved a ton of them. But you also went through an emotional tumble dryer, and I need to know your head's stopped spinning before I let you back in the game. So, no. Not yet.

  Mark Grayson : You can't stop me. I don't need your permission to be a superhero.

  Cecil : You know who else said that to me?

  Mark Grayson : I'm not my dad.

  [pounds his fist into the table, denting it] 

  Mark Grayson : I'm not my dad!

  Cecil : [sighs]  Take some time off, kid. Some real time off. You need it.

  [bell jingles, door closes]