Supergirl (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 17 - Manhunter - full transcript

KARA: When I was a child,
my planet Krypton was dying.

I was sent to Earth
to protect my cousin.

But my pod got knocked off-course

and by the time I got here,

my cousin had already grown
up and become Superman.

And so I hid my powers

until recently when an accident forced
me to reveal myself to the world.

To most people I'm an assistant
at Catco Worldwide Media.

But in secret, I work with my
adoptive sister for the DEO

to protect my city from alien life

and anyone else that
means to cause it harm.



I am Supergirl.

HANK HENSHAW:
Previously on "Supergirl"...

CAT: She broke a story and then
gave it to my biggest competitor.

You are fired!

ALEX: You were exposed
to Red Kryptonite.

It's altered your brain.

(EXPLODES)

KARA: I scared the whole city...

And now I'm so afraid that I'm
never gonna win them back.

REPORTER: (ON TV) What was once a
symbol of hope is now a symbol of fear.

Early this morning, Supergirl
arrived at the scene of a crime

at West National City Bank.

But instead of the usual cheers,

Supergirl's intervention was
met with skepticism and fear.



Some say Supergirl was
under a mind-altering drug

when she attacked the city.

But she turned against our people once.

The question on everyone's minds,

what's to stop her from
turning against us again?

First Sandy Bullock steals
my bike at spin class

and then the juice bar runs
out of chard, and now this?

I knew people would be
slow to forgive Supergirl,

but this is ridiculous.

And now the crime rate in National City

is up a whopping 40%.

Do you think Supergirl has lost
the public's trust for good?

Well, I suppose if Mel Gibson

can present at the Golden Globes,

then Supergirl can win the city back.

This too shall pass.

Kara, go find me a juice bar
with an abundance of chard.

Uh, Ms. Grant,

I already told you,
Kara's out sick today.

That was at 9 AM

Generally, when people are
sick it lasts the whole day.

Well, that is unacceptable.
Who will man the phones?

I guess I will.

- (CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
- Oh.

You know, just as soon as I get back

from this thing I have to do.

(TELEPHONE RINGS)

(JAMES SIGHS)

(RINGING CONTINUES)

Cat Grant's office.

That four-eyed bitch in
a kilt ruined my life.

Look, what's, uh,
what's really going on?

No one will hire me.

I've sent my resume out to
every media outlet in town.

And when I call to follow up,
they're polite on the phone

until they hear my name

and then, dial tone.

That's weird. Why?

Because that blond mean
girl ratted me out

to the Queen of All Media.

Oh, Siobhan, that's crazy.

No. What's crazy is that
I've spent my entire life

trying to be a journalist,

and in one fell swoop,

Kara Danvers dashed all my dreams.

I hate her, I hate her, I hate her.

Okay, listen.

You just had a setback, okay?

And you know what? All
powerful people have setbacks.

So, you just focus on
what you really want.

You know what?
Once you have a goal,

nothing's gonna stop you from
going out and getting it.

You're right.

Nothing can stop me.

Thanks, Winn.

MAN: (ON TV) The real question
is the identity of the alien

who defeated Supergirl
during her reign of terror.

Who is this scary, powerful

and potentially dangerous monster?

You don't look so dangerous
shoving Chocos in your face.

(SMACKING)

How did you know they were my favorite?

Only a favorite will do at 3 AM.

You have to stop these visits.

I like taking care of you for once.

My mission as Hank Henshaw
was to protect you.

Missions change.

Not this one.

Which is why I'm telling you,
you have to distance yourself.

Don't check in on me.
Stop bringing me cookies.

Just say you never knew about me.

Say I betrayed you.

I would never do that.

There has to be a reckoning, Alex.

An alien lied and took command
of a government organization.

This doesn't end in
people getting fired,

or even going to jail.

People get disappeared
for this sort of thing.

They're gonna tear this place apart
looking for whoever helped me.

I'll lie.

I'll convince.

I will do everything that
you taught me to do.

But I'm not abandoning you.

This is rock bottom.

And I know what kind of
person I'm gonna be.

(DOOR OPENS)

Ma'am, you need to come
out here right now.

Major Lane?

What are you doing here?

She's with me.

And who are you?

Colonel James Harper. United
States Marines Corps.

The Pentagon ordered a joint
task force to investigate

J'onn J'onzz's infiltration
of this agency.

They wanna know what he's
done and who knew about it.

So everyone here will be interviewed.

All activities, all
communications scrutinized.

Sounds like a witch-hunt.

This is an internal investigation

done by the book to identify, remove

and ultimately prosecute
enemies of the state.

And you're here as our legal counsel

to protect our civil rights?

HARPER: She's here because
this investigation required

someone familiar with the players,

someone the government could trust
to help cut through the subterfuge.

I'm concerned everyone here
has been compromised by him.

You should be too.

Which is why we need to figure
out who knew what when,

and uncover anything J'onn J'onzz

and his confederates were planning.

We'll deal with the question
of your loyalties later.

Take the Martian to the
interrogation room.

- We start with him.
- MAN: Yes, sir.

(DOOR OPENS)

HARPER: Marines.

Lucy. Jim.

It's nice to see you.

You are looking well.

Ah, I look the same as I always have.

But, obviously, looks can be deceiving.

For ten years you have been in my home,

you've been around my children.
My children...

And you haven't been
who you said you were.

Or what you said you were.

I want you to know I intend to fully
cooperate with your investigation.

(SCOFFS) What, so you can plant
false thoughts in our brains?

I know what you can do.

And what you can't do anymore.

You smell that?

Smells kind of like burnt rubber, right?

It's a little something
my team came up with.

We're generating a stasis field.

It keeps you from
shifting out of that body

or using your powers.

So I hope you like that
body, J'onn J'onzz,

because you're gonna be in
it until I'm done with you.

What can you hear?

(SHARP SCREECHES)

(GRUNTS)

What? What's wrong?

They've done something.

They're blocking me out.

Tell us what happened to
the real Hank Henshaw.

Ancient Greeks had Hades.
The Egyptians, Anubis.

The Incas, Supay, the
Lord of the Underworld,

God of Death.

Today, the villagers that live
among the ruins of that Empire

believe that Supay has
returned to live amongst them.

But this creature is no devil,

it is an alien fugitive,

the Manhunter.

One we've been hunting for for so long.

And we've finally found it.

It triggered one of our
Remote Outpost Probes

where the Peruvian Amazon
meets the Eastern Andes.

That is where we shall find our quarry.

This thing is the most
dangerous fugitive

we have ever faced.

Your mission is shoot-to-kill.

Gear up, gentlemen.

Sir, if this creature really
is as old as you say,

imagine what it's seen,
what it might know.

The only thing I wanna know
is the color of its blood.

So check your bleeding heart
at the armory and man up,

Agent Danvers.

Thermal tracker indicates
the target has been active

within a two mile radius.

Prepare to put up a fight.

He will not go quietly.

Let's move out.

(SNAKE RATTLES)

(GRUNTS)

(HISSING)

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- They've been in there for hours.
- We have to get in there.

And implicate ourselves as accessories?

We won't be any use to Hank
if they lock us up with him.

I'd like to see them try and lock me up.

You can't expect us to believe
you saved Jeremiah Danvers.

He was on a mission to kill you.

You asked for the truth.

HARPER: What is truth to you, J'onn?

Huh?

Wearing skin that doesn't belong to you?

Or pretending to be someone
or something you're not?

I did not kill Jeremiah Danvers.

Then how did he die?

(SIGHS) Fire won't kill you.

But it will prevent me from
freezing to death tonight.

Unless you're willing to cuddle.

You don't like fire, do you?

My planet burned to death.

What planet are you from?

Mars.

So there is life on Mars.

Was.

How many others escaped?

I am the last.

I'm sorry.

You are here to kill me.

No. No, no, no.

The agency that I work for,

they pinned you as a threat.

That was before you saved me.

Before I learned that
you're not a danger.

You're a refugee.

Like my daughter.

This one, here,

Kara.

She's adopted.

She's not from here either.

That one, Alex.

She's tough.

They both are, in their own way.

Alex.

Kara.

I too had daughters.

When I link back up with my team,

I'm gonna explain to them

who you are, and what you did for me.

I'm not a threat.

I know that.

But humans can be ignorant.

Especially when they're scared.

But I will do everything in my power

to help keep you safe.

Help you find your place here.

I'm Jeremiah Danvers.

You can consider me a friend.

I am J'onn J'onzz.

Someone is here.

- (GUNSHOT)
- (SCREAMS)

- JEREMIAH: No, no, no. Stop.
- HANK: I got him!

Stop, stop, stop! No, he... Stop!

- (GROANING)
- JEREMIAH: Hank...

I designed these bullets
especially for you, Martian.

Hank...

"The most powerful being on
the face of this earth."

You know who called you that?

Superman.

Sure means something, coming from him.

- I mean you no harm.
- (GUNSHOT)

No! Hank, stop.

Please.

Heard a rumor you could regenerate.

Best finish you off quick.

Stop. He's a good man.

He's a good... (GRUNTS)

He's not a man.

(GRUNTING AND STRAINING)

(HANK SCREAMING)

(GROANS)

Take care of my girls.

Welcome back, Director Henshaw.

It's good to be back.

From that day forward, I
took on the responsibility

of being the director of the DEO.

And this "disguise"

actually allowed me to prevent
many actual alien attacks.

I dedicated my life to
protecting this world.

And if you wanna take me
down for being different,

so be it.

This isn't about being different.

Maybe you planned to
build an alien army.

But why?

Who better to protect Earth
from aliens than an alien?

What better place to take down our world

than from inside the organization
tasked with protecting it?

All I've done is bring
honor to this department,

to this name.

Before I came along, Hank Henshaw
was a sorry excuse for a man.

Hank Henshaw

was my best friend.

And he dedicated his life to
keeping this country safe.

And you murdered him.

I think we have everything we need.

Where are you taking him?

Hey, you need to step back.

I've worked for that man
for the last two years.

He's never endangered this planet.
He's protected it.

Two years?

This alien is over 300 years old.

Two years is like a coffee break to him.

He saved my life more
times than I can count.

He's the best, most
honorable man that I know.

- He's not a man.
- Where are you taking him?

Where he belongs.

And Danvers, since you have
so much to say about him,

you're next.

You don't have to thank me
for the shower gift, Kate.

But you might wanna ask
your grandmother-in-law

to reconsider her rule about Americans

not receiving damehoods.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

Dear Ms. Grant,

I've been your assistant for
a shockingly long time.

But I've never let you know
how I really feel about you.

You were Director Henshaw's right hand.

I find it hard to believe
that he kept you in the dark.

Or that you'd allow yourself
to be kept in the dark.

Turn it on.

Ask your questions. I've got
nothing to hide, Colonel.

We'll see about that.

Is your name Alexandra Danvers?

Alex. Yes.

(MACHINE BEEPS SOFTLY)

Vasquez,

I have to hear what's
going on in that room.

Can you disable the sound-dampening tech

they're running to block me?

I can't disable it.

I won't.

Colonel Harper and Major
Lane have a job to do.

And frankly, ma'am, I
suggest you let them do it.

Did you know that Hank Henshaw

was being impersonated
by an alien criminal

when you were recruited?

He is not a criminal.

Answer the question, Agent Danvers.

I did not know that Hank
was being impersonated

by an alien refugee when I was
being recruited to the DEO.

(MACHINE BEEPS SOFTLY)

The man who recruited me, the man
that I believed to be Hank Henshaw,

he saved my life.

(CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAR ALARM BLARING)

(DEACTIVATES ALARM)

(POLICE SIREN WAILS)

Alex Danvers.

I didn't ask to talk to a lawyer.

It's a good thing I'm not a lawyer.

Are you a priest then?

You're wasting your time.

I'm not exactly a prime candidate

for jailhouse conversion.

I wouldn't think so.

Scientists are generally skeptics.

Not that you're much of
a scientist these days,

that is, if your latest
transcripts are any indication.

How do you know about that?

HANK: (SCOFFS) I know a lot
of things about you, Alex.

I know about your house in Midvale,

where every night you'd watch
the stars from your roof.

I know how you got
that scar on your arm.

And I know about your sister.

What about my sister?

It's hard, isn't it?

Someone comes into your life
with these extraordinary powers,

and you feel like you
can never measure up.

Like there's nothing special about you.

You are special, Alex.

And you can't afford to throw
your life down the drain.

You owe that to yourself.

And your father.

Who are you?

My name is Hank Henshaw.

I work for a government
organization dedicated

to defending this planet.

And we need you, Alex.

We need you to be the
person I know you can be.

For the next five months, you will
be spending 12 hours a day training.

Training for what?

Anything. Everything.

You're gonna be fighting
attacks from creatures

from all over the universe.

You need to be ready for
whatever happens out there.

(CHUCKLES) When will I be ready?

When you can beat me.

Hank Henshaw or J'onn J'onzz,
or whatever you wanna call him

gave me a home.

A purpose.

I served him with honor,
and I'm proud of that.

You're the ones who should
be ashamed of yourselves.

Well, that's all very heartwarming,

but it still doesn't answer
the million-dollar question.

Did you know that Hank
Henshaw was an alien?

No.

(MACHINE BEEPS SOFTLY)

(SIGHS)

Well, congratulations, Agent Danvers.

The only thing you're guilty
of is being duped by the very

creature you were meant to be hunting.

Which makes you a terrible agent.

But lucky for you, not a criminal.

Wait.

She's lying.

He told you he tried
to rescue your father.

He told you he's protecting you.

He made you believe he
was the father you lost.

And now you're under arrest.

(DOOR OPENS)

Hey!

What the hell is going on?

You can't do this.

Where is she going?

Same place I'm taking
your little green friend.

Project Cadmus.

KARA: Cadmus?

What is Project Cadmus?

What is Project Cadmus?

Hey, I got your message.
What, what happened?

It was horrible. They just...

They just dragged Alex and Hank away.

Okay. But, who is they?

Who did this?

(SIGHS) Lucy.

Wait, hold on. Lucy is back
here in National City?

Yes. With a Colonel Harper.

They're leading the witch-hunt.

They wanna know who knew about Hank.

I've never seen her like this.

Okay, but where did they
take Alex and Hank?

Some place called Project Cadmus,

which I'm guessing isn't
an all-inclusive resort.

No. It's the reason that Clark
won't work with the government.

Okay, so if,

if the DEO is a prison, then
Cadmus is a dissection lab.

It's genetic engineering facility
that treats aliens like lab rats.

Amputated. Skinned. Drained.

Injected with experimental drugs.

Why would they do that?

Weaponizing alien abilities
for military purposes.

What do they do to humans?

Does Clark know where it is?

No. No one does.

I know what I have to do.

But I'm gonna need your help.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

I don't have time for this.

So you're back in the army.

And you're back in Kara's loft.

I guess nothing's really
changed for either of us.

Just tell me what was so important

that I had to come here.

What is this all about?

There's something you need to know.

(GASPS)

It all makes sense now.

I just didn't wanna put it together.

I didn't want it to be true.

I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

But you're the only person
that can stop Hank and Alex

from being sent to Project Cadmus.

Why would I help you?

You and Hank...

Why do you all lie?

When you're an alien,

and you've lost your world

and you're dropped into a new one,

you don't have a choice.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)

(SHARP SCREECHES)

- (LOUD DISTORTED NOISES)
- (BREATHING HEAVILY)

GIRL: Who's the new girl?

Foster kid.

Alex Danvers' parents took her in.

I'd hate my parents if
they did that to me.

Totally.

Who wants a stranger
living in their room?

Hey, Rick.

Bunch of us are heading to
Swan Beach after school.

You wanna come?

Supposed to hang out with her.

RICK: Then bring her.

Your new sister is kinda weird.

Stop! Everyone's staring at you.

I'm sorry. We didn't
have birds on my planet.

Don't say that stuff out loud.

- (CAR HONKING AT A DISTANCE)
- (WOMAN SCREAMING)

- (TYRES SCREECHING)
- (CAR CRASHES)

What is wrong with you?

Kara!

Thank you.

Kara! What are you doing?

- Alex!
- (CAR EXPLODES)

Alex had to get some stitches,
but she's gonna be okay.

Listen... (SIGHS)

doing what you can do makes you special.

But it's not safe.

Those kids, their parents,

they're all wondering how a little girl

pulled off that rescue today.

We told them you got lucky,

but that excuse will work once.

I'm sorry.

I know you were only trying to help.

But the world already has a Superman.

All you need to be is Kara Danvers.

I made these for you.

The frames are lined with lead.

They'll suppress your vision,

help you fit in.

They'll make your life

easier.

Pardon me. Sorry. Excuse me.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Ow.

I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it.

Oops. (CHUCKLES) Sorry.

Hey, hey. That's okay. Hi.

I'm, my name's Winn Schott. Junior.

And who are you?

- You are?
- Kara Danvers.

- (KNUCKLES CRACK)
- Oh! Wow.

That's uh, quite a firm handshake
you got going on there.

Oh, yeah. (CHUCKLES)

Well, I, I work out.

- Yeah.
- I mean, um,

I read in this article somewhere

that when you're going
in for a big interview

you should start with a firm shake.

Yes.

Um, interview? What job?

Assistant to Cat Grant.

Oh.

Does her current assistant
know that she's, uh...

(WOMAN CRYING)

She knows.

CAT: Okay, next.

Oh, is that you?

CAT: Where's my 10:15?

I guess that's me. Any advice?

Nah. Just be yourself.

Right. Myself. Okay.

Ms. Grant? Hi...

Oh, for God's sake.

I told them not to send
me any more millennials.

I'm sorry?

(SIGHS) You are the ultimate example

of what is wrong with parenting today.

All that god-awful self-esteem building,

everyone is special,
everyone gets a trophy,

and you all have opinions

that you think deserve to be heard.

And yet the truth is you
need to earn the right

to have an opinion in the first place.

So,

my 10:15, tell me why you're so special.

I'm not...

Special.

I'm not special.

There is absolutely
nothing special about me.

I am totally, completely, 100% normal.

Yes. You are.

Absolutely. And I am
nothing if not average.

Average strength,

average hearing,

less-than-average vision.
(CHUCKLES)

There's... There is nothing
out of the ordinary about me.

Okay, I get it.

Except, except,

that I am extremely committed.

I care. I'm a hard worker.

I just wanna help.

Hmm, that's refreshing.

I, I could, uh,

I could make pharmacy runs for you,

pick up your prescriptions.

It's funny that you should say that.

I think your pen's out of ink.

No.

I just wanna be useful.

To somebody.

I wanna be worthwhile.

And you're not worthwhile?

I haven't done anything to prove it.

Yet.

I think you should know that I expect

complete and utter devotion to this job.

Are you willing to sacrifice everything
in your life to be my assistant?

Um...

Yes.

Yes, of course.

When you are an alien, you're
willing to sacrifice anything,

everything, betray your
fundamental instincts

just to fit in.

To belong somewhere, to find
your place in this world.

If you have a problem fitting in,

it's because you lie to people
about who you really are.

Lucy, are you really willing to let Hank

become a science experiment?

And who knows what they
have planned for Alex.

I know you're feeling
betrayed and alone,

but if you go along with Jim Harper

just to feel like you fit in,

to feel like you belong somewhere,

ultimately the only person
you're betraying is yourself.

It wasn't easy for me to
show you who I really am,

but I did it because
I trust who you are,

who you really are, under that uniform.

And I trust you'll do the right thing.

When we get to Cadmus,

I'm gonna find out how you
overcome peoples' minds.

How you steal their bodies.

What makes you tick.

You're gonna dissect me.

Cadmus is not some Area 51

house of horrors, Martian.

It's a necessary place.

A place where we can unlock secrets

to save American lives.

Human lives.

So, you're gonna dissect him.

I'm protecting the world.

You're pathetic.

And you're a traitor.

So get comfortable, Agent Danvers,

because you belong to Cadmus now.

Sir, behind us.

Sir, we've got two bogies.

HARPER: Take 'em out.

(TYRES SCREECHING)

(GRUNTING)

They're wearing body armor.

(TYRES SCREECHING)

(GRUNTING)

Do it, do it, Martian.

Be a monster. Prove me right.

- Hank.
- It's all right.

I've gotten better at this.

I'm not gonna kill you, Colonel,

I'm just gonna make you forget
what happened here tonight.

(DISTORTED VOICES)

- (SCREAMS)
- (GASPING)

J'onn.

J'onn, are you okay?

I, uh,

I saw into Harper's mind.

I saw him.

Who?

Jeremiah.

I saw him

at Project Cadmus.

Alex, he's alive.

Your dad's alive.

For him to still be around
after all this time...

ALEX: I'm going to get him back.

HANK: We're gonna get him back.

KARA: I'm coming with you.

I'm a fugitive now.

I'm on the run.

Let me take you to the
Fortress of Solitude

where you'll be safe.
Let me find Jeremiah.

Kara, I have to do this.

Hey, have faith in me,

like I have in you.

What am I gonna do without you?

You don't need me.

You never have.

No. Well, you still
took care of me anyway.

Yeah, look how great you turned out.

- I love you.
- I love you too.

- Don't worry. She'll be okay.
- I know.

She has you.

We both have you.

(MOTORCYCLE REVVING)

CAT: Siobhan. Come in.

Make yourself comfortable.

I'd offer you a cappuccino,
but as you can see

we're a bit short-staffed at the moment.

What happened to Kara?

Mm, funny you should ask.

I very rarely have to say this, Siobhan,

but I think I made a terrible mistake.

- Oh?
- Uh-huh.

Kara has been a tremendous assistant,

as I'm sure you observed
during your brief time here.

Who could have ever thought that
underneath that prim little

sweater-set was a simmering
cauldron of rage

just waiting to boil over?

I don't understand.

She sent me an email.

Telling me what she thinks
of me in terms that are,

well, highly unsuitable to repeat

in a professional setting.

Called me names that I haven't heard since
the last mediation with my ex-husband.

That is so surprising.

Yes, I thought so too.

Which is why I found someone
who did an obsessive study

of Kara for the past two years.

Winn?

I analyzed the typing speed

and patterns on the hard drive.

It didn't match Kara's,
but it did match yours.

I don't have very many regrets, Siobhan,

but I do regret firing
you the first time.

I wish to God that I could
fire you again with feeling.

Ms. Grant, I can explain...

No...

Save it for the police.

Because that's who you'll be
talking to if you ever pull

something like that again.

Now, get out of my office
and never come back.

Do you think they know it was us?

We'll see.

MAN: Atten-hut!

At ease.

Ma'am, we've had a...

Security breach, I know.

What are we doing to
re-apprehend the detainees?

- Ma'am?
- What are Colonel Harper's orders?

Ma'am, Colonel Harper just resigned

and named a new acting
director of the DEO.

- Who?
- You.

Are you sure?

Yes. He was quite adamant
about your appointment.

I guess J'onn's gotten good at
that whole mind control thing.

You're gonna help me do this, right?

Yeah, of course.

But you're gonna be great.
This is where you belong.

Ma'am, there's a bank robbery
at 10th and Shukert.

No alien involvement, but I just thought

you might wanna know.

And you belong out there.

After what I did, the people
don't trust me anymore.

You got me to trust you.

That's a start.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

And I hate you, too.

Siobhan, no, no, no! Stop. Stop.

Seriously?

I have too much self-esteem
to kill myself.

Killing someone else,
on the other hand...

Oh, I'm sorry. What did
you expect me to do?

I don't know.

Not rat me out to freaking Cat Grant.

You lied, Siobhan, okay?

And you committed mail
fraud or email fraud,

which is potentially,
like, a federal crime.

You were supposed to be on my side.

I was! I am.

Except, you know, Kara
is my best friend.

And you know what?
No, I did this for you too.

Because if this woulda worked,
you would have regretted it.

And I know that deep down
you are a good person.

You don't know me.

You don't know anything.

You said that I could
have whatever I wanted

and I have nothing.

No job, no friends...

I just want to scream...

(GASPS)

- (SCREAMING)
- Oh, God, no! No!

(SCREAMING)

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