Supergirl (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 22 - The Quest for Peace - full transcript

[KARA] Previously on Supergirl...

[ALEX] The President's been
working for Lex Luthor.

Lex has a tank.

- All right. All right,
- Tank. Tank. Tank. Tank. Tank. Tank.

[KARA] It's Supergirl.

Lexie calls her Ryzhaya Dch.

That's "Red Daughter."

Lex has taught her to hate America.

Lex convinces Kaznia to
invade the US, betrays them...

And maybe he stops it himself.

[BRAINY] You rebooted me.



I'm not going to release you.

Go through the portal.
Once you're on the other side,

inform me of the location,
and we'll liberate the camp.

- Starting extraction.
- No!

We don't know what's coming.
I need my strength.

- But you're unstable.
- Then stabilize me!

I remember.

Kara, you can't go!

- [GASPS]
- I'm here.

I've missed you so much.

[PRESIDENT BAKER]
...an invasion of our country

by the dangerous
rogue state of Kaznia...

One man thwarted the invaders
and killed the terrorist.

Mr. Luthor,
a grateful nation thanks you.



How did this happen?

[CRASHING]

[RED DAUGHTER] Kara Danvers got away.

I failed you.

Oh, Ryzhaya Dch,

you could never fail me.

You asked me to kill her.

You made her bleed.

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN] _

[IN ENGLISH]
But still, I should have known

Kryptonite alone could
never kill Kara Danvers.

Her heart, however,

makes her weaker
than Kryptonite ever could.

Go and finish what we started.

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN] _

[GRUNTING]

[IN ENGLISH] Please. Please don't...

Don't worry. It won't hurt.

[MAN] No...

[MAN SCREAMING]

[LEX] Guess I was wrong.

[GAUNTLET BEEPS]

[EVE] Alien energy transfer complete.

Your gauntlet should be charged.

Only one way to find out.

Um...

Excuse me, uh, stand very still.

Argh!

Hmm.

Get a mop.

[EVE GASPS]

Didn't we talk about flinching?

No. No, no, it's Otis.
He's dead, again.

[LEX] Lockwood.

There's nothing I hate more than a man

with the courage of his convictions.

With the superpowers to match them.

Now that he's served his usefulness,
we should take care of him.

Send a team to do it.
Only people you trust.

Yes, Mr. Luthor.

- Eve?
- Hmm?

This country, this planet...

It's nearly ours. Can you feel it?

Ever since the moment I met you.

Satellite images confirm

a Kaznian force is
amassing off the coast.

Not that I don't trust the plan,

but are you sure I shouldn't
be in a bunker somewhere?

You were a backbench,
backwater senator.

Then I took out Marsdin's running
mate and got you on the ticket.

Then I brought down Marsdin, as well.

From zero to Mr. President
with the snap of my fingers.

Are you seriously asking me
if I'm sure about something?

I should have learned by now,

never doubt Lex Luthor.
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

Relax, Phil.

Soon, Supergirl will be dead.

And you will be America's beloved,
victorious wartime president.

With more allegiances and more power

than any president
in the history of the republic.

[PRESIDENT BAKER CHUCKLES]

Well, cheers to that.

[ALARM CHIMING]

- [MAN ON PHONE] Mr. Luthor.
- [BOTH CONVERSING IN RUSSIAN] _

_

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[SPEAKING RUSSIAN] _

_

_

_

["MY WAY" PLAYING]

♪ And now, the end is near ♪

♪ And so I face
The final curtain ♪

[ALARM BLARING]

♪ My friend
I'll say it clear ♪

♪ I'll state my case
Of which I'm certain ♪

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN] _

♪ I've lived
A life that's full ♪

♪ I've traveled
Each and every highway ♪

♪ And more
Much more than this ♪

♪ I did it my way ♪

♪ For what is a man ♪

[ALARM BEEPING]

♪ What has he got? ♪

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN] _

[SCREAMING]

♪ If not himself
Then he has naught ♪

♪ To say the things
He truly feels ♪

♪ And not the words
Of one who kneels ♪

♪ The record shows
I took the blows ♪

♪ And did it my way! ♪

[LAUGHING MANIACALLY]

[IN ENGLISH] Hey.

[BOMBS EXPLODING IN DISTANCE]

No. No!

Supergirl is dead.

What happened?

The Kaznians invaded.

Your signal was late. I was
supposed to lead the attack.

No, Ryzhaya Dch. You did exactly
what you were meant to do.

[MISSILE APPROACHING]

You betrayed me.

Betrayed Kaznia.

What can I say?
I'm proud to be an American.

We have breaking news coming
out of the White House

Lex Luthor...

I have to stop him.

Kara, you barely escaped
with your life.

And he has a weapon
that killed Red Daughter.

He did experiments on her in Kaznia.

He knew how to take her down, but he

still needed Red Daughter to kill me.

You basically died.

But I survived.

And Lex doesn't know that.
That's to my advantage.

Lex and the President have
succeeded in convincing the people

that all aliens are dangerous.

That Supergirl is the enemy.

And Lex is the hero.

Well, I guess it's my job
to show them who Lex really is.

Show them the truth.

I just fear that the people
won't listen.

No, I will not let fear win.

And with my sister by my side,

anything is possible.

Ryzhaya Dch.

I trusted you, Alex.

You're either dumb
or staggeringly naive.

You had my history at your disposal.
Internet accessible.

If you had bothered to look,
you'd have realized two things.

Defending poor, broken Kaznia is a

little small potatoes for Lex Luthor.

But, perhaps more significantly,

I hate Kryptonians.

And what are you? A Kryptonian.

You should've let me die.

Die? I have bigger plans for you.

[PANTING]

- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]
- [GROANING]

[PRESIDENT BAKER]
Otis Graves was found dead.

Next to his body was a manifesto,
taking detailed credit

for all of Mr. Luthor's crimes.

In light of this new evidence,
I have pardoned Mr. Luthor.

I am appointing him the new
Secretary of Alien Affairs.

Because of his heroics today...

[CONTINUES GROANING]

...profound knowledge
of everything alien.

[THUG IN DISTORTED VOICE]
Mr. Luthor sends his regards.

Regards, regards, regards,

regards, regards, regards,
[LESS DISTORTED] regards,

regards, regards, regards, regards,

[NORMAL VOICE] regards, regards,
regards, regards, regar...

Sorry, sorry...

Lex Luthor has been
using me for a year.

Why?

I've never seen anything like this.

[GUARD] Get used to it, stupid.

Mr. Luthor needs stuff
built for his refinery.

Now you can get to work.

[DREAMER] Even without
the dampening cuffs,

no powers.

[J'ONN J'ONZZ] Shelley Island.
The place

is surrounded by
power-dampening pylons.

Without my powers, there's no way
I can send Brainy our location.

Maybe he should've thought of
that before abandoning us,

like a logical idiot.

Look, I'm not happy with him, either.
But there are two of us.

A diversion?

[GUARD] Move it! Get over here!

Al.

If you're going for a diversion,

count me and my friends in.

We've been waiting for someone
to lead us out of here.

I should have predicted
it would be you, J'onn J'onzz.

[NEWS ANCHOR ON TV] In yet another
stunning display of magnanimity,

Lex Luthor has donated an energy
source to help restore electricity

to the thousands of homes
that were affected

by Kaznia's bombing of
the coast's power grid.

The President will swear Lex Luthor
in as Secretary of Alien Affairs

in a Rose Garden ceremony scheduled
for later this afternoon.

Hey.

Kara.

I was worried.

I heard the President
tried to silence you.

I'm okay.

Thank God.

And then, Supergirl?

She's alive, and she's ready to fight.

Brainy, the President had the Secret

Service wipe all of CatCo's servers,

and I lost all of my evidence.
Can you recover it?

It's already done.

Yes. Yes!

This proves that Lex has been
working with Kaznia,

and he used Red Daughter
to attack the White House.

It also proves that the government
gave Lex alien prisoners

from the DEO desert facility.

Not just the aliens
from the DEO facility.

J'onn J'onzz, Dreamer, and I have

discovered that Lex
has been transferring

aliens rounded up by Ben Lockwood

and bringing them to
a private facility,

where he's been
siphoning their powers.

My God!

Well, where is this facility?

That information is forthcoming.

Is that where J'onn and Dreamer are?

Hopefully. They have been abducted.

- What?
- Why didn't you tell us that?

[ALEX] Are you serious?

That is a rather strong
emotional reaction

for such an insignificant detail.

Our plan is to save the aliens.

Those aliens will simply
include J'onn and Dreamer.

[ASSISTANT] Excuse me, Ms.
Luthor, this came for you.

[LENA] Thank you.

What is it?

It's an invitation to the
White House from Lex.

Lena, you can't possibly be
thinking of going.

If I don't go, Lex'll come
after the people I care about,

and I can't have that happen.

Besides, if I see Lex,
I'll be able to get some

stellar quotes for my
best friend's article.

Speaking of which, Kara,
you better start typing.

Mother.

Lena.

[LEX] Can you believe it, sis?

Three Luthors in the Oval Office.

Only in America.

Let me guess, you have the President
tied up in the Treaty room.

Puppets don't need
to be tied up, Lena.

You just hang them up
by their strings.

Well, why don't you put
a blond wig on the President,

and you can sell him
and Eve as a matching set?

Now, now. You two play nicely.

This is the first family
gathering we've had in ages,

and I'd like to enjoy myself.

Your murderous son has duped the world

into thinking he's Earth's hero.

This is hardly Thanksgiving dinner.

Sounds perfectly normal
for our family.

Why don't we have a cup of tea while

Lex tells us why he summoned us here?

He summoned us here to gloat.

You think so little of me,
Lena. It hurts.

I'm a sentimental guy.

I didn't do all of this for me,
I did it for us.

I mean, look, we all know
if I wanted you two dead,

you wouldn't be treading on the
presidential seal having a tea party.

Everything I've done
has been strategic

to lead up to this very moment.

The Luthor name cleared.

Our family poised to take
its rightful place in history.

And what exactly are we poised to do?

Revolutionize energy worldwide.

I'm rounding up aliens and harnessing
their power to be used and sold,

sort of like supercharged
disposable batteries.

- That's vile.
- Vile and viable.

As another world leader once said,

"I don't see why men shouldn't
be as cruel as nature."

Try not to quote Hitler in public, dear.
It'll hurt the brand.

You killed Superman's cousin,
took over the country...

What makes you think
he's gonna sit idly

by on Argo and allow this to happen?

Ah, I was hoping you'd bring up
The Man of Yesterday.

The first batch of depleted aliens

will charge the satellite weapon

that will turn Argo
into a blazing inferno,

and Superman into, well, ash.

May I speak with you privately?

[LEX] Excuse me for a moment.

Please enjoy the view
of the South Lawn,

famous for its egg-rolling contest.

You're not buying this, Mother?

Of course not.
I've already poisoned his tea.

If he'd stopped running his mouth
long enough to take a sip,

he'd be dead by now.

Huh.

We never discussed Superman.
This was not the plan.

This was always the plan. I
just didn't apprise you of it.

How could you not apprise me?
I'm your partner.

Not partner, Miss Tessmacher.

Protegee, factotum, flunky.

I am the decider. Is that clear?

Our plan was to have
a lifetime supply of energy.

You'll waste half of that
attacking Argo.

Don't throw everything away over
this obsession with Superman...

[GROWLING] Superman
will be destroyed by my hand.

He will burn.

Come on, honey. You're gonna love it.

Our victory deserves fireworks.

[IMITATES FIREWORKS EXPLODING]

Can't work in here, man.

Hey, man, watch where
you're going, brother.

- No, no, you shoved me.
- You bumped into me, man.

- Who you talking to?
- Back off, man!

[GROANS]

Hey!

Stop it, or you're going to the pods.

All right, man.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[DREAMER] There's the pylon control.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

My powers are coming back.

Astral project
to Brainy and the others.

Well, how was my article?

This is historic.

Okay, people are gonna be
talking about this article

like they did with
Woodward and Bernstein.

I don't care if they're talking about
it, as long as they listen to it.

Task executed.

Lillian Luthor's extraction
device is now mobilized.

We can use it to extract the
Harun-El from Ben Lockwood's system

whenever and wherever
we encounter him.

Well, then we can use it
to extract from James.

[BRAINY] But first...

The time is exactly... now.

Guys, Lex's alien power
facility is at Shelley Island.

What do you mean, "The time is now"?

- Guys...
- If my calculations are correct,

Dreamer has just astral
projected into this office.

You anticipated me being here?

She is here. She is wondering
in this exact moment

how she can contact us.

Because an astral projectee can place

themselves in any environment,

but they cannot interact
with that environment.

[BOTH] So how is this a good plan?

Thank you.

Dreamer's astral projection
is pure dream energy,

and as such, while she cannot
interact with us,

she can interact and ionize
other energy.

Electrons to be exact.

[EXHALING]

Dreamer, concentrate your energy on
the molecules in this water vapor,

and ionize it.

I think he means to write on it.

[DREAMER GASPING]

[BRAINY] Shelley Island. Of course.

They're in trouble.

I'll go get James.

I really missed that.

And now, a toast...

To incinerating the Man of Steel.

I promise, there's
no Polonium-210 in it,

like you put in my tea.

Killing your own son
with ionizing radiation,

now that is on brand.

Cancer may have aged you prematurely,

but you're still as sharp as ever.

So,

what's stopping you from
shooting me and your sister?

Call me crazy, but I'm
partial to my relatives.

I just can't bear killing you guys.

If you do this, it's genocide.

The public will find out the
truth, and when they do...

The truth is meaningless.

The people of Earth
believe I am their savior.

They needed a human hero,
and I fulfill that need.

- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- Nothing will ever change their minds.

Facts are irrelevant.

All that matters is spin.

[PROTESTERS SHOUTING]

[LEX] People are so stupid,
they don't even read.

[CELL PHONES CHIMING]

And even when they do,
they certainly don't think.

I am the leader of this nation now,

and nothing can stop me.

[TOASTS IN RUSSIAN]

[IN ENGLISH] The pylons are off.

Where are J'onn and Dreamer?

It appears they're
in the middle of a riot.

What's worse, the alien power
being collected in this factory,

Lex has it set up to be discharged
into a Claymore satellite.

Claymore? I... I destroyed that.

This appears to be a newer,
bigger, better Claymore.

Can you tell where it's targeting?

The target is in deep space.
Argo City.

He's going to wipe out my family.

I may be able to hack into
the power core to stop it.

Good, do that. We'll
help J'onn and Dreamer.

[BEN] Supergirl!

Me and my supercharged friends
came here to deal with Luthor

and the dangerous aliens
that he brought here.

But I'm so glad

you came here too.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[TASER BUZZING]

[GROANING]

[ALARM BLARING]

This must be the core.

[RUMBLING]

J'onn, Dreamer. My plan worked.

That was for abandoning us.

Now let's help these people.

[BRAINY] I will.

First, there are
more pressing matters.

Argo is being targeted
by Lex imminently,

and it is up to me to stop it.

The system is denying me access.

There must be something
we can do to stop the launch.

No. There is nothing we can do.

The power core has reached
its peak capacity.

The Claymore will fire on Argo
in less than two minutes.

You said the core was peaking.

That means it can be
overloaded, right?

You would need a power supply
of at least 20 pods

to overload the core
in the time we have left.

You're going to try to use your
psychic powers to overload the core.

I told you there was a way.

There is only an 18% chance
that this attempt will succeed,

yet a 98% chance
that the effort will kill you.

During the battle
for my own home planet,

I ran, millions died.

I will not make
that same mistake again!

[SCREAMING]

- Now, on with the show. Shall we?
- [GAUNTLET BEEPS]

[BEEPING]

Miss Tessmacher!

Why is the satellite not firing?

There's an issue at Shelley Island.

No one leaves!

Don't get any ideas.

You wretched little traitor.

[EVE GROANS]

- Mom!
- That's my girl.

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

You're bleeding.

I'm okay.

We need to get the Harun-El
out of Ben now!

Lex.

Go. We got this.

[GLASS BREAKING]

How are you alive?

How did you do it?

How do you think I did it?

I'm Supergirl.

Just like your cousin.

No matter how many times
I stamp you out,

you miraculously resurface

with your glossy cape
and your perfect hair.

Let me let you in
on a little secret, Lex.

Truth and justice always prevail.

[LAUGHING]

You and your cousin are such saps.

Luckily, I came prepared.

[BEEPS]

So did I.

You can thank your sister for this.

[GROANING]

See? I told you.

He can't put out enough energy.

He can, if I help him.

[GROANING]

Little boxes,

little boxes,

boxes and boxes,

[DISTORTED] and subroutines
and Socrates and Aristotle

and Avatar and matrices and Memento

and Monty Python and...

Dreamer!

[GRUNTING]

Stop...

Stop what you're doing!

What you're doing
doesn't make any sense!

[J'ONN J'ONZZ SCREAMING]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

[NORMAL VOICE] No.

Listen to me, Nia. I don't know
if you can hear me, but I'm back.

I'm realigned, and...

And I realize now that everything,

everything I said before was wrong.

You can do this.

[BRAINY GASPING]

You're doing it!

Yes, you did.

- You're doing this! You see?
- [CONTINUES SCREAMING]

You're doing it! You're amazing!

You're astounding!

- [DREAMER GRUNTING]
- You're astazing Nia Nal!

And I love you.

[BOTH SCREAM]

[ALARM BLARING]

[GROANS LOUDLY]

We got him.

[J'ONN J'ONZZ] All right, let's get
out of here! Let's go, let's go!

Get out of here! Let's go!

Let's get these aliens somewhere safe.

[SUPERGIRL GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

That's better.

Now smile, and take this
like a Kryptonian.

[RED DAUGHTER SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

[IN ENGLISH] Oh, no.

No.

You were right.

[GROANING]

My Alex was nothing like your Alex.

Protect your people
as I protected mine.

[GASPING]

Oh.

How about that.

Two birds, one alien hand-cannon.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

This is for Red Daughter.

[ALARM BEEPING]

It's over!

Let me save you.

Saved? [LAUGHS]

By a Kryptonian?

I'd rather die.

- [PEOPLE APPLAUDING]
- [EXHALES]

[CHUCKLES]

[GASPS]

[LENA] No more superpowers for you.

Lena.

What a surprise.

What can I say, Lex?

You've become predictable.

I left the journal for you,

paired it with the mural, hoping
you would remember this place

and show up when I needed you.

You know, it just
comes down to this, sis.

You can only count on blood.

Come on, give me a hand.

Come on, Lena,
this is no time for theatrics.

We both know no matter
how much you despise me,

you're not ruthless enough
to pull that trigger...

[GROANING]

The world will never be
a safe place with you in it.

Oh, brava!

You did it, Lena.

You killed me.

You finally proved

that I've been underestimating
you all this time.

But, when I'm gone,

who will be left to be proud of you?

What, your friends?

The joke's on you.
It's always been on you.

Your friends have been
lying to you from the start.

Your boyfriend Jimmy,

Alex, J'onn, that
little alien runt Brainy.

Even your own mother.

They've mocked you, humiliated you,

betrayed you.

Every last one.

Denial's a very
powerful thing, isn't it?

It's been standing right in
front of you all this time.

And you chose not to see it.

[CRYING]

Kara Danvers is Supergirl.

I'm about to die,

but at least I lived
without ever being a fool.

You're left with no one and nothing.

[CONTINUES CRYING]

[NEWS ANCHOR ON TV]
Following the revelations

of CatCo reporter
Kara Danvers's expose,

the Cabinet invoked the 25th Amendment
to remove Baker from office.

Talk about power of the press.

Says my injured friend.

I still can't believe
what happened to your eye.

Me either.

I'm sorry Brainy couldn't
design the Harun-El extractor

without kickback, but I think
we're all just happy you're okay.

Well, I'm just happy justice prevailed

and Lockwood and his cohorts
got locked up.

And the injury reminds me that I'm
human, which I started to miss.

Well, I'm just happy
people are talking again,

and, you know, listening to facts.

Yeah. These have been some dark days.

And I'll admit, there were
some times where I thought

we would never get out of it,

but we didn't give up,
and we kept chipping away,

until we brought the truth to light.

Can you believe the Fourth
Estate saved the day?

[HALEY ON TV] Vice President
Plastino has lifted martial law

and reinstated the Alien Amnesty Act

until such time as a full
vote can be held in Congress.

On another note,

I want to send a message to Supergirl,

wherever she may be.

For a moment,
this country doubted you.

But we won't make that mistake again.

A grateful nation
thanks you for your service.

[KELLY] City's a lot nicer without
the tanks and the soldiers, huh?

If I don't see another tactical
vest all year, it'll be too soon.

[KELLY CHUCKLES]

We've been through
a lot of intense stuff together

in a short amount of time, haven't we?

That would be the understatement
of the century. Yeah.

So, here's the strange part.

I don't want it to end.

The closeness with you,

it has felt like both the most
natural thing in the world

and like a revelation.

And I hope to God that I haven't
made this awkward between us.

I just...

I haven't felt like this
in a long time,

and I just felt like I had to...

Ditto.

Fear not. We see nothing.

Attack card.

[ALEX GROANS]

I don't understand.

Sorry.

How did you get
so good at this so quickly?

After last we played,

I went home and ran
67 billion simulations.

Tried to game out
the most desirable outcome.

- So you're counting cards?
- Yes.

She gets it.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

Don't tell people that.

[LAUGHS]

- Hey!
- Yay!

There she is!

James will be here soon, and then
the whole family will be together.

- [BRAINY] Huzzah!
- Where've you been?

I didn't know what to bring,
so I bought red and white.

- Yes!
- Nice!

Now that you're here, we can
divide up and play Catch Phrase.

Yeah, J'onn is making us
switch up the usual teams.

My house, my rules.

But, uh, you're with me, right?

Always.

Good.

I'm gonna get some more wine.

Hey.

You're not upset that Brainy's
just killing it over there

with this game, right? 'Cause you
know we're gonna take him down.

- Uh, we're gonna cream him, but...
- Yeah.

No, I'm, uh...

I'm worried about Lena.

I have to tell her the truth.

I can't keep it from her anymore.

Lena's been through hell.

We finally got to a place

where it sort of feels
a little normal again,

so, I don't know, maybe you
just let her enjoy the evening

before we take it away.

You're right.

Not tonight.

Come on, come on, come on.
Okay, here we go.

Turning against each other
has only led to more division,

more hate and more violence.

There must be a better way.

[FEMALE REPORTER] Has your
perspective changed

because of what happened
to your father?

[GEORGE] Yes.

I've seen firsthand how that kind
of anger can tear a family apart.

I've lived that heartbreak.

And I wanna make sure
nobody else has to.

If humans and iens
can just listen to each other,

then we can stand up, united,

against those who seek to divide us.

Vacation?

Weekend trip.

Looks like you packed plenty.

But we'll always find you, Eve.

No matter how many wigs
you cycle through.

Who are you?

You already know that, dear.

I did everything you asked.

I worked for him.

I hurt people for him.

Lex was supposed to move the needle.

He failed.

So let me go.

Sorry, sweetie,

that's not on the agenda.

Leviathan is everywhere.

Leviathan is everyone.

And Leviathan is coming.

[MAN] Where am I?

Earth.

[MAN] It can't be.

You've been trapped for too long.

A phantom to your people.

Now it is time to avenge yourself

against the brother who wronged you.

[MAN] Will you help me?

It was I that brought you here.

You must walk the path yourself.

Besides,

I have one more place to visit.

[SPEAKING MARTIAN] _

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