Supergirl (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 15 - Exodus - full transcript

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.

I hid who I really was
until one day

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

To most people, I'm a reporter
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.

Previously on Supergirl...

I've never met a human that was
actually up for dating an alien.

Well, now you have.

Any idea what Jeremiah stole from us?

It's not good. He took the
national alien registry.

What is it?

Cadmus has the list of all
the aliens in the country.

How could you?

You betrayed everyone.

Would you believe me if I
said I did it for you?

Oh, crap.

Even they can't stand your singing.

Sorry to pull you over, but I saw
you have a broken taillight.



I do? Sorry, Officer.

Lucky for you, I have
some tape for that.

Come on, I'll help you put it on.

See how nice everyone is,
once you leave the city.

I don't understand. You
said it was broken?

Out of the car!

No! No! Run!

Ah!

Let me go!

Baby! My baby!

What are you going to do to us?

What are you going to do to us?

That's the 20th abduction since
Cadmus got the alien registry.

And they're escalating.
Getting more aggressive.

Are we any closer to finding out
where Cadmus is taking them?

Or what they want?

'Cause that is the
trillion dollar question.

It's million dollar question, buddy.

Really? That low?

Yes, and um, "no" on all counts.

Um, I mean I've monitored traffic cams,

sat feeds, cell phone chatter, uh...

Maybe Jeremiah taught them
how to avoid our radar.

From now on Jeremiah Danvers
is an enemy combatant.

What does that mean?

It means, if found, he's
to be arrested on sight.

That's not a problem, is it?

Of course not.

Good.

We have to let all these aliens know.

They need to be able
to protect themselves.

I volunteer to tell everybody
at the alien dive bar.

But it's not enough to just let
all the aliens in the bar know.

There are hundreds more on that list.

Can you issue a statement?

Not without compromising the DEO.
We're off the books for a reason.

So do it anonymously.

If we do it anonymously, no
one will take us seriously.

But they might listen to CatCo.

I'll write an article, get
it on the front page.

You think Snapper would run that?

Yeah, of course. Absolutely.

Absolutely not.

I'm not gonna start a public panic
by publishing a conspiracy theory.

But Supergirl spoke on the record.

I mean, you saw all those sound bites.

You use Supergirl as your source
every time you want to get something past me.

You said a good reporter should
always cultivate her source.

Sources. Plural.

I'm not gonna take your word for it.

Way too much fake news out there.
I can't risk it.

So, what, you're willing to
put people's lives in danger

than risk hurting your reputation?

Careful, ponytail. You're
at DEFCON 3 with the moxie.

We're the paper of record in this town.

From now on, you need at least two independent
sources verifying every single quote,

no matter whose life is at stake.

What if you interviewed Supergirl?

I mean, you've interviewed
our Presidents,

world leaders, Julian Assange.

You'd be able to tell if she
was a credible source or not.

Better be an exclusive.

Of course. She won't
speak to anyone else.

Ah, game.

Which means you owe me dinner,

a bottle of Scotch,

and one of those flash grenade things.

It's like The Twelve Days of Christmas.

- Alex?
- I'm sorry.

- I'm just... I'm...
- Thinking about your dad.

Don't worry. The DEO's gonna find him.

That is what I'm worried about.

The DEO considers him a threat.

When we find Cadmus,
things are gonna get rough

and he could get caught
in the crossfire.

He stole the registry from the DEO.
He hurt J'onn.

But, Maggie, I know him.

He's a good man.

And even if he is siding with
Cadmus, there has to be a reason.

He's either, I don't know,

threatening him or they're
blackmailing him,

or they are mind controlling him or...

I am the only one left
who believes in him.

Well, you're gonna be
there when they find him.

Okay? And you're gonna help protect him.

- You're right.
- Mmm-hmm.

Double or nothing? There's no
way I'm giving you a grenade.

Fine. I'll go get us another round.

Okay. Well, I'll rack.

And, while I loved the
movie version of Dune, as I expected,

- except for...
- The Sandworms.

I mean, the Fremen just peel
apart their scales with hooks

and suddenly worm-riding is a
viable mode of transportation?

- Yeah.
- I don't think so. So unrealistic.

But the Bene Gesserit are...

Amazing!

Amazing.

I mean, mystical women with the
power to influence the future?

I'm here for it. I'm here for it.

Lyra, how long have you been on Earth?

A couple of years. But I
learned English off-world.

Your English is impressive.

But I'm actually a lot more impressed
by how well you speak "Winn".

Okay.

- Yeah, we get each other.
- Yeah, babe.

- I think we need some more drinks.
- Okay.

- I'll be right back.
- All right.

- Well, well, well.
- What?

You really like this girl.

Uh, she's okay.

"She's okay". What're you talking about?
"She's okay"?

Come... Listen, okay, listen.
I know I generally fall,

like, hard and fast for a girl but...

I don't know. I'm listening to your
advice, and I'm gonna take it slow.

Listen, I am like the twice-bitten,
thrice-shy guy, so...

Lyra, where are you?

Winn.

Hey!

Let me go!

No! No!

No! No!

Get off of me.

I'll get her.

No!

Freeze! Or I will shoot.

Stop. Roll out, boys!

Lady here, she's about to drop her gun.
Isn't she, huh?

Let her go.

No! No!

I should've gotten there sooner.

I mean, if these guys hadn't come
in then I would've...

- We'll get her back, Winn.
- You don't know that, okay?

We don't know anything, all right?

Hank, are you sure you can't
get anything from this guy?

Cadmus must've found a way to
shield his thoughts from me.

But we will find something, Winn.
We always do.

Everything I've tried,
it's led to nothing.

And if they hurt her, your father,

- I'm sorry, but this is his fault.
- Agent Schott.

Hey, uh...

Winn, you know what you need right now?

If you say "a drink", I swear, I...

Oh, I was going to say "deep breath",
but that is a much better idea.

'Cause Zakarian Ale always takes the
edge off. I'm gonna go get a bottle.

Like I said to the other guy
that came in to talk to me,

I got nothing to say to you people.

Yeah, that's what I heard.

- Now, me...
- Ah!

I bet you've got loose lips.

Now tell me, where is Cadmus?

- Tell me where Cadmus is.
- Ah!

- Tell me where Cadmus is!
- I can't.

Okay, they put stuff
in my head, all right?

They'll know. They'll kill me.

Well, it's either them or it's me.

Tell me!

- Alex! Come on, get out of here!
- She's crazy!

One more word out of you and she's
the least of your problems.

- Come on.
- All right, all right!

Look, I'm sorry. I know I
was out of line. I just...

Alex...

I just thought I could get
him to tell us something.

Alex, he can't tell us
anything if he's dead.

I would have stopped.

What Winn said about your father...

This has nothing to do with him, okay?

I just want to help Winn find Lyra.
I wanted...

I want to find them all,
okay, before Cadmus...

You know, maybe Mon-El was right.

We all could use a deep breath.
Or a drink.

I'm fine.

Okay? I promise.

Hey, Chief. Supergirl is
here in James' office.

She didn't want to
cause a scene outside.

How considerate.

Snapper Carr. Pleasure to meet you.

You're on the record, Supergirl.

- You good with that?
- Yes.

Danvers says you were her source.

You claim Cadmus stole
the alien registry?

- Yes, I can confirm that.
- So who was your source?

I'm sorry, but that
information is confidential.

You just said you were on the record.
Which is it?

It doesn't matter who told me.
What matters is the story.

Not unless I can verify
your story's origin.

You expect people to just trust you?

- I never lie.
- Mmm, bully for you.

But you're talking to a journalist.

We believe everyone is lying
until we can prove they're not.

So, this list.

Who had it in the first place?
Who was it stolen from?

I won't reveal their name,

but I can confirm it is a
classified federal agency

who reported the theft
from their servers.

So, you got your intel from
a government black site.

How long have you been
involved with them?

Well, that's a leading
question, Mr. Carr.

I never said I was involved with them.

I'm not the story. Cadmus is.

All right.

Off the record. I won't
reveal it came from you.

You give me a name, I'll
verify it myself and bam,

we're off to the races.

So... Who told you
about the stolen list?

You have enough to go on.

Innocent people will keep disappearing
if you don't run this article.

- You can quote me on that.
- Great.

How did it go? Did
you get everything you needed?

- No. She gave me nothing.
- Nothing, but...

But I... She was in here, and I
heard her saying a lot of stuff.

You heard her withholding
a lot of stuff.

- But she told you the truth.
- She told me parts.

It's not a journalist's job
to cherry pick and decide

which bits get shown
and which bits don't.

We show everything.

Sorry, what?

As my grandmother used to say in the shtetl,
"A half-truth is a whole lie".

The American public has a right
to know the whole truth, Danvers.

And until you can provide me with
more than just an NFA source,

the story is DOA.

Dad.

Alex, listen to me,
there isn't much time.

Cadmus is gonna slaughter them,
everyone they've abducted.

Now, I can stop them, but
only with your help.

I wanna trust you,

but I have to know that
you're telling me the truth.

The only reason I'm alive right now

is because Cadmus believes
I turned to their side.

The only way I could
prove my loyalty to them

was to betray my own children.

Alex, I am on your side. Always.

Cadmus has them penned up in cells
that are rigged to kill them.

All Lillian has to do
is press one button.

I can't disable it myself.

But in the DEO armory, there's
a magnetic field disrupter.

It will shut down the cages.

I need you to get that for me.

Come with me.

We'll explain everything to
J'onn and he'll help us.

J'onn is not family.

If the DEO apprehends me, they're
gonna treat me as a hostile.

You don't know what
they're gonna do to me.

Alex, I need you to decide quickly.

Will you help me or not?

Yes, I will help...

J'onn.

- You were testing me?
- I had no choice.

You are a federal agent,
Alex, who took an oath.

We're facing a crisis situation here,
thousands of lives are at stake.

I feared your judgment might be
compromised. Sadly, I was right.

J'onn. Just listen...

I'm sorry, Alex. You are suspended
from duty until further notice.

No. No, no, no. J'onn...

Don't do this.

Project Exodus.

It's almost ready.

"The Overman shall be the
meaning of the Earth.

"Remain faithful to the Earth,

"and do not believe those who speak
to you of otherworldly hopes."

Nietzsche.

Who better?

His Superman was about we
humans believing in ourselves

instead of looking up to gods.

This time,

you're the only Superman we need.

Let's go! Let's go!

It's all right.

Alex?

Hey, Maggie. I heard what happened.

J'onn shouldn't have done that to you.

It was a betrayal. And it was unfair.

And I need you to explain that to J'onn,

and just ask him to put
me back on the case.

Well, I...

- I don't agree with his methods...
- Yeah.

But I do agree with his assessment.

I think you should sit this one out.

- What?
- Alex, I heard what happened.

You lost it while interrogating
a suspect. What's going on?

That's not what matters.

What matters is our father

and there's still good in him.

So, I just... I need
you to convince J'onn,

'cause I have to be there
when we find Cadmus...

Alex...

- I have to protect him.
- Alex, listen to me.

I am not gonna let anything
happen to Jeremiah. I promise.

But you are putting all
of your focus on him

when you should be focusing on the
aliens we are trying to find.

And when we find them, you
risk making a bad call,

putting him in danger. Or
worse, getting yourself hurt.

I have to go, I'm sorry.

I have to figure out how to get this
article run. I'll call you later.

I assume you agree with Kara.

Actually, I don't.

You wanna protect your dad?
That's what you need to do.

- Then you'll help me?
- Ride or die.

Where do we start?

Excuse me.

Lena!

She said with surprise in
her voice, for some reason.

Oh, my God.

We were gonna go try that new
fermentation place. I totally forgot.

I'm so sorry. There's just...

- There's a lot going on.
- It's okay.

You don't need to explain.
Kombucha can wait.

- Ah. Okay.
- Is everything okay?

No. Snapper refused to publish
my article, uh, on Cadmus.

- He says I need more sources.
- What did Mother do now?

Cadmus stole the alien registry.

They're abducting everyone on the list.

My article was meant to warn everyone.

Well, something that important,

if Snapper won't let you
publish it at CatCo,

maybe be a citizen journalist.

Post a blog. Tweet the hell out of it.

Imagine how many people you could reach
instantly, by just blogging about it.

Yeah. Maybe you're right.

Although Snapper would crucify me.

Hey, in the meantime, um, maybe there's
something you can help me with.

Does L-Corp have any technology that
we could use to find missing aliens?

I can look into it.

Or maybe I can do one better.

When Lex ran the company,
Mother was on the Board.

Maybe she left something behind,

you know, trail of bread crumbs.

Could be your second source.

Thank you.

What are friends for?

You gotta give me the benefit
of the doubt this time.

Bruno.

This is a sure thing.

And I'll pay you back right after.

You will?

Yeah, yeah, 50 down on the Knights.

You won't be sorry.

Damn it.

Good afternoon, sir.

Saw you had a broken taillight.

Lucky for you, I have some special
tape to fix that right up.

It's my lucky day after all.

Oh, it's right... Yeah, see that?

Oh!

- Just keep...
- Whoa! No.

Ah!

Officer, I think that man needs help.

- I need to borrow this more often.
- Yeah, right.

Hello.

Okay.

And bingo.

Find anything?

Yeah, GPS coordinates for
everywhere this van has been.

I know where Cadmus is.

- Want me to go with you?
- No, I gotta do it alone.

I wish I had what you two have.

- Go away, Brian.
- Get out of here.

You're gonna need this.

Found it. The annual budget
report from last year.

Alana, take a look at this.

Did you know that Luthor Corp shuttered

my brother's naval research
facility back in 2007?

I was in the 8th grade.

Well, if it's been shut
down for 10 years,

why did L-Corp get billed for
a metals shipment last month?

It doesn't make any sense.

Accounting just switched operating
systems. Could be a glitch.

You go to the archives and
get me the tax returns

and annual budgets for
the last 10 years.

Right away, Ms. Luthor.

It's me. She found out about the site.

My daughter is certainly persistent.

But I can't let her
interfere with our plans.

- Should I take care of her?
- Yes.

But nothing permanent.

She just needs to be redirected.

Consider it done.

Don't move.

Hold your fire.

She's with me.

You shouldn't have come after me, Alex.

You could have been killed.

What the hell is that?

It's a Hoshin frigate, the
best in the Kazark fleet.

As soon as it breaches atmosphere,

it's gonna jump to light speed
and go to Takron-Galtos.

They'll find passage home from there.

Lillian is sending them back?

It was my idea.

I don't understand.

Lillian was going to kill them all.

You are forcibly deporting them.

I mean, some of them have escaped famine

and poverty and genocide.

At least this way, they have a chance.

- It was all a lie.
- No.

No, everything you told me in the woods.

You said that you were
working for Cadmus for me.

And I am.

From the moment Cadmus took
me prisoner they told me

they were gonna kill you and Kara
unless I did what they said.

I made my choice.

Protect my girls at all costs.

How could you think that we
would want you to hurt others

to protect us?

There are some things that
you will never understand

until you're a parent.

Do you think Mom would understand this?

I can only hope that someday she will.

Kara, I'm home!

I just...

I love saying it like that.

Hey, come on, not even a smile?

What is it? What's going on?

I'm trying to decide whether I
should blog my article myself.

Well, what happens if you blob it?

- Blog.
- Right, that's what I said, blob.

Will Snapper get mad or something?

Uh, big time. Yeah.

Okay, well, think fast.

Do you think it's the right thing to do?

- Go.
- Yes. I do.

Well, there you go. Then publish it.
Easy.

But how can you be so sure?

Because you are the most
moral person I know.

So if you think it's the
right thing to do, it is.

- I...
- Do it.

- Uh...
- Just push the button.

- Push the button.
- Okay.

- It's blobbed.
- There you go.

- Way to blob, babe.
- Ugh!

- Let me get some chow.
- Lena?

I found something.

Activity at a Luthor facility
that's supposedly defunct.

It's big enough to
build almost anything.

Or to hide something.

- Lena?
- Stay back!

Lena?

Dropped something?

- How did you know?
- I was getting coffee

with Kara Danvers when you called.

- That's lucky.
- Yeah.

Well, I'm glad you're here. I have
something you'll both want to know.

Cadmus and the missing aliens.
I know where they are.

Please, Dad. It's not too late.

I'm afraid it is, Agent Danvers.

Get to your launch stations.

- Lillian, what are you doing?
- Damage control.

Your other daughter, Kara
Danvers, just unleashed

an article online, exposing our plan.

We're going to cut our losses.

Launch the ship with the
aliens already loaded.

We've got a few hundred of them.

It's not what I envisioned,

but it's a start.

- System locked.
- Turn it off. Now!

- You don't threaten me.
- Lillian, do you really think

that I would walk into the
lion's den without a whip?

I planted 10 Haldorr particle
mines all over this facility.

Stop the launch.

- You're lying.
- You wanna bet?

The rest of the bombs are
on a dead-man switch.

I let this go and the
entire place lights up.

- I won't stop this.
- I don't need you to.

Dad,

it's time for you to do what you
taught your daughters to do.

Are you with me?

Tamper with my launch, Jeremiah,

and I declare war on your whole family.

If you let her...

We're gonna protect each other. Always.

Jeremiah. Jeremiah!

Dad, make this right.

Now stop the launch.

I can't.

Give my daughter the override code.

There isn't one.

The only way to stop that ship

is to drop that stick.

I'm going on the ship.

I'm going to stop the
launch from the inside.

Okay, go! I'm going to try
to hack in from here.

Okay.

You're as naive as your daughter.

I'll take that as a compliment.

T-minus 60
seconds to engine ignition.

Stop!

- Alex!
- Lyra. Get back.

You start getting
everybody off the ship.

- I'm going to stop the launch.
- Okay.

T-minus 30
seconds to engine ignition.

Okay...

Come on.

Everyone, we need
to get to the exit.

Secondary engine ignition.

Everyone, hold onto something!

Main engine ignition.

Report!

Detecting spacecraft launch
on a hyperbolic trajectory.

- What is it?
- Cadmus.

Gotta be.

Ugh! Uh, hey, Alex, can I call you back?

We got an undetected launch.

It's me! I'm the launch!

- What?
- This is not a drill.

Once this ship breaches atmo

it's gonna jump to light speed.

So we need to stop it
before it gets to space.

- I'll never get there in time.
- Uh, plan B...

This is a Hoshin frigate, so
walk me through landing it.

- Okay, give me a second.
- Winn!

Okay, okay. Got it, got it!

Uh, okay, try toggling the switch

next to the control yoke and that
should put you back in manual control

and then I can take it from there.

- Two minutes.
- Nothing's happening.

- The ship is still picking up speed.
- We need to slow it down.

I'm here. I can slow it down.

Supergirl.

Winn? The screens just lit up red!
What's going on?

Counter-measures.

Okay, they just registered
Supergirl as a threat

- and they're trying to target-lock.
- Supergirl, keep moving!

Are you okay?

I'm all right. I'm...

- Winn?
- Supergirl!

It's all right, it's all right,
she just lost her comms.

Okay.

- Go.
- Alex, in 20 seconds,

the ship will be on the
other side of the universe.

It's up to her now.

Come on.

You can do this.

You got this.

Come on. Come on!

Okay.

And in breaking news,

authorities have thwarted
a terrorist plot

to send registered
aliens back into space.

Alien families are being reunited.

- It's a happy ending to what was...
- Winn!

- A harrowing series of events.
- Oh, thank God, you're safe.

Oh, I thought I lost you.

You're firing me?

You deliberately published an
article using CatCo resources

on a competing social media platform,

which is not only a conflict of interest

but also a direct and
flagrant breach of contract.

But you refused to run the story.

I thought what I was doing was right.

You weren't right,

you were lucky.

And next time you might not be.

One wrong statistic
about the stock market

and suddenly we're in
the Great Depression.

One misattributed quote from a candidate

and you put a fascist
in the White House.

The rules are there for a reason.

To make sure you get the story right.

That's not luck.

That's being a good reporter.

You know what the worst part is?

I was rooting for you.

I'm sorry I disobeyed
your orders, J'onn.

But you shouldn't have done what you did.
That was cruel.

I did it because I thought you might
be reckless and get yourself hurt.

But then I almost lost
you in that ship anyway.

I was wrong, Alex,

and I'm, uh...

I'm sorry.

Please know, I...

I only did it to protect you.

I never meant to hurt you.

You sound just like him.

Can we just agree to stop
doing the wrong things

for the right reasons?

Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Let me start by doing the right thing.

Report back to work, Agent Danvers.

Yes, sir.

I hope one day

we get him back.

We will.

Did you get your job back?

- Yeah, I did.
- Good.

'Cause I'm not dating
some unemployed slacker.

Oh!

Though you do make good arm candy.

Mmm... Don't I?

Potstickers. Still piping hot.

Here, eat one.

Or all of them. I promise
you'll feel better.

Ah, I don't know.

Hey... Hey, you're
gonna get another job.

Yeah, but I... I don't want another job.

Reporting is my calling. I help people.

Yeah?

- You know who else does?
- Who?

Supergirl.

- Mmm.
- Yeah.

You know, it's just...

When I write, I don't need a yellow sun.

It's just me.

Supergirl is

what I can do. Kara is who I am.

I really loved that job.

Hey. You have so much
to offer this world.

So don't let Snapper or anyone else

tell you differently. Okay?

- You know something?
- What?

Maybe being Supergirl and
having you is enough.

- You think so?
- Yeah.

I hope so.

I feel different.

Yes. There is something
about this place.

Your Highnesses.

We've reached our coordinates.

Finally.

We've arrived.