Supergirl (2015–…): Season 5, Episode 18 - The Missing Link - full transcript

Supergirl and the team go head-to-head against Rama Khan and Leviathan; Lena and Lex must join forces when Project Non Nocere fails, leaving the two siblings in serious danger.

Inhale, tadassana...

Exhale. Padmasana.

Again. Inhale, tadassana...

Exhale. Padmasana.

And as we close our practice,

let us thank Lena Luthor

for freeing us from rage
and for bringing us peace.

- Namaste.
- Namaste.

What's going on?

Wh... Why won't the doors open?

The solar event must've
knocked the power out.



I can't breathe.

I think he's claustrophobic.

I got to get out of here!

Is that our invitation
to the Leviathan ship?

I really have to put a bell on you.

No, but I'm close.

I think Gemma Cooper
is warming to me.

And when she sees my newest present,

she'll roll out the red carpet.

Another present like the Sun-Eater?

I'm a twelfth level intellect.

Did you really think
I wouldn't connect the dots?

- What's your point?
- Okay. I... I know that you've been

cozying up to Gemma Cooper
for strategic reasons,



but there's a distinction
between manipulating

Leviathan and helping them
destroy the world!

What kind of operation
do you think this is?

Mr. Smith Goes to Leviathan?

Sometimes, to get what you want,

you have to play a little dirty.

I cannot get that invitation

unless they think I'm on their side

and if that means helping them get

a weapon or two, so be it.

People could've died.

My friends could've died.

Three months ago,
you said that Leviathan

was our biggest threat,

that if we didn't defeat them,

the global repercussions
would be catastrophic.

Millions dead,
us and the Supers included.

And your very words were,
"The only way

that you could
successfully defeat them

was by working with me,
by trusting me."

So, trust me now...

because I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking that if you can get

the location of the Leviathan ship

before I get that invitation,

you can maybe end this
before anyone gets hurt.

But that's your anxiety
thinking, not logic.

I don't want
your friends to die either,

but sometimes, for the greater good,

you have to break a few super-eggs.

And you expect me to just stand back

while Leviathan tries
to kill my friends?

I expect you to trust the process.

War is brewing between
Leviathan and the Supers

and you are not to intervene.

So, we tried to find
Leviathan's last known location.

There's no trace, no hidden signs,

no radiation.
Even the elevator was gone.

J'onn is out scanning
for any other signs

of Leviathan right now.

We don't even know
if their headquarters

are in National City on this Earth.

Well, one thing that we do know

is that Leviathan strikes
quickly after a failure.

I wish Brainy would give us
another crack at that Morae.

What I'd really like to know is

why Lena was at the Fortress
at the exact same time.

Myriad is a trigger for Lena.

So, maybe her arrival
is a coincidence.

Like it was a coincidence
that Lex just heroed in

and saved all those coma patients

the exact same day Leviathan
tried to destroy the sun?

No. Where there is smoke,
there is a Luthor.

Right now, we have
no reason to believe

that Lena is involved with Leviathan.

We have no reason
to believe she isn't.

Okay. So, let's start
with something that we do know.

Rama Khan.

Except he hasn't been seen on
this Earth for hundreds of years.

I can monitor for
unusual seismic activity

until J'onn gets back.

Rama Khan isn't
the only member of Leviathan.

So, we should search for record

of any others throughout history.

How can we do that
without the DEO's database?

Kelly's mentioned
an old military friend

who's an expert in
semiotics and iconography

and he's currently an archivist

at the United States
Congressional Library.

So, I will ask her
to reach out to him

and maybe he can help.

I'll stay here,

see if I can't dream of
Leviathan's new headquarters.

Good. Look, we've stopped him before,

we can do it again.

And this time, we'll take down
both the Luthors and Leviathan.

So, the blackout provoked the
subject to have some sort of episode?

No, I think something's
interfering with

his Non Nocere directive.

Do you think your BFF
messing with Myriad Q-waves

yesterday had anything to do with it?

That was the very
first thing I thought of,

but I checked and it didn't.

Well, even still, I could have a bag

of Kryptonite dumplings
delivered to her door.

Mr. Luthor,

I didn't know you were
gonna be here, too.

What an honor.

And I had no idea you...

existed.

This is Steve Lomelli.
I asked him to come.

He was with Klaus when he changed,

but Steve's Non Nocere
directive is still intact.

So, it was an isolated incident.

Great. Just need to re-adjust
the Q-wave frequencies

and that should re-establish
Non Nocere.

Don't worry. I turned the sun red.

I think we can fix one broken inmate.

Imagine a place where
there's only peace,

connection, unity,

where we can connect with everyone,

past, present and future,

where a lost loved one
can stand by your side

once more.

I give you Obsidian North's
greatest VR achievement,

the Obsidian Worldwide
Unity Festival.

An Obsidian employee
kidnaps hundreds of users

and the next day, we're planning

a Live Aid 2020.

If Margot Morrison had anything to do

with the glitch that trapped Alex,

who knows what else
she may have planted.

Great. Everyone, thank you.
That'll be it.

- Andrea.
- Kelly. Isn't this exciting?

We're obviously working late tonight.

I was thinking Thai.
There's so much to do.

Andrea, we are not
in a position to launch

such a massive event.

After what we just went through,

- we have a responsibility...
- I told you.

I took care of that
glitch personally.

We're clean.

And right now, we have
what every company needs,

- momentum.
- To launch this event

without proper vetting, is reckless.

We owe it to our users
to make sure it's safe.

It is safe.

So, unless you have
specific proof that it's not,

please do not waste
my time with this, again.

So, wait, this is the army buddy

Malefic impersonated?

Yes, but this is the real Pete

and Kelly adores him.

- You must be Alex.
- Hi.

Kelly couldn't stop talking
about you when she called.

Oh, hey, thanks so much
for meeting with us.

Uh, Pete Andrews,
this is Kara Danvers, my sister.

Hi, nice to meet you.

Of CatCo Worldwide Media.
I'm a huge fan of yours.

Your use of syntax
and imagery is sublime,

suggesting a much deeper
understanding of language

than just modern English.

Uh, thank you.

Did you spend a lot of time
growing up in foreign countries?

Uh, no.

We're Midvale born and raised.

Yup. Yup.

Although right now, I feel
a little like Eliza Doolittle.

"The rain in Spain...

...stays, um, mainly in the plain."

- Sorry.
- I'm sorry.

Occupational hazard for a linguist.
I can't turn it off.

Kelly said that you need help
finding a unique symbol?

Yes. It belongs to a very dangerous

organization that we're tracking.

We're trying to find
any evidence of it on Earth.

Buildings, temples,
whatever can pinpoint us

to their current location,

Though we think they were behind
the solar event yesterday.

- They're called Leviathan.
- Leviathan?

I've heard whispers about them,
but only as myth.

Well, we can assure you
they are very real,

and they are very dangerous.

I think I know where to start.

Neat party trick.

Do you use that at your
corporate cocktail soirees?

Don't be bitter.

You had your chance at the throne.

Oh, you think you can fare better?

With those idiotic ringlets and
obnoxious porcelain cheek bones.

You are a bolt of power and fear,

and yet you insist on wearing this

stupid human shell.

You're an insult.

You are just jealous
because I have evolved.

Fitting in with the humans
has allowed me to lull them

into a false sense of security.

You should really consider it.

What's in there? Poison lipstick?

This was stolen from us years ago.

Lex Luthor found it just wasting away

in a chilly place that
you know quite well.

So, you came here to gloat.

I came here to give you
a second chance

to destroy the Supers.

You know what this weapon is,

so you know what it needs.

Get it for me.

And this time, do not fail.

In 1752, a series of crop circles

appeared in Greece, only weeks before

a plague of locusts
took out the entire region.

But this symbol is similar,
but it's slightly off.

Well, symbols like languages
evolve over time.

But all of these

have the same DNA. Look at this.

567 A.D, Macedonia,

1134 A.D, Bavaria.

Each time this symbol has appeared,

catastrophe has followed.

There's gotta be a way
to use this pattern

to predict where Leviathan is now.

Well, there's a special
collections room in the library,

might have more information.

I'll go try to get access.

- Great.
- Be right back.

You know what?

I'm starting to get it.

The desire to be in a new reality,

to live in a world that's
a little less complicated.

Hmm. Is this about
your run-in with Lena?

She was so kind after Jeremiah died,

and then... and then she
breaks into the fortress

and accuses me, me, of hypocrisy.

And you know what?
The more I think about it,

the more the pattern makes sense.

Her and Lex are working
on something with Leviathan,

and it makes me so angry,

I... I just... I wanna...

Hide?

William, what's going on?

I've been dissecting Margot
Morrison's manifesto video.

I think I found something
you're gonna want to see.

I'll be right there.

William thinks he found
something connected to Margot.

Go. Check it out.

- I'll stay with Pete.
- Thank you.

Yeah.

Hey, I'm so sorry.

Kara had a work emergency.
She had to go.

Oh, that's all right. I think
we may have hit a wall anyway.

All of my requests
were completely denied,

which is strange, because I've been

in that room many times.

I think it stopped when I
mentioned the word Leviathan.

Which means that
we must've struck a nerve.

And in my experience,

that means that we're on
the right path.

Maybe. I mean,
they shut me down cold.

So we find a new way.

Pete, if we are right about this,

this is a matter of global security.

We cannot be concerned
about breaking the rules.

- Now, are you with me?
- Yeah.

Lead the way.

Why are his eyes like that?

The Q-waves have
a direct effect on his irises.

The inkiness indicates
an irregular break.

Did Klaus hurt the other prisoner

before his eyes turned? Or after?

Before. Definitely before.

What if the act of violence

isn't a result of Non Nocere failing?

What if the act itself
caused the failure?

His need to survive

clashed with his directive
to do no harm.

Klaus felt like his life
was in danger.

His brain adapted,
it evolved to protect himself.

But now, his survival
instincts, they're in overdrive.

You can fix it, right?

I mean, after all
you've done for us here,

now that I'm free
from fear and anger,

I'm finally enjoying life

and the community.

I forgot what it was like
to have friends.

Are you feeling okay after
what happened in the elevator?

Technology is the greatest evil

mankind has ever faced.

See? Right there.

Oh, my God. You're right.

Whoever that is, they're
wearing an Image Inducer.

But why would someone imitate her?

You said she worked
at Obsidian North?

Let's get our hands on
Obsidian's personnel files,

see everyone she was in contact with.

I expanded my search,
but no sign of Leviathan

anywhere within a 300-mile radius.

Hmm. Perhaps, we can try again later.

Oh, yeah. It's a little
unconventional, I know.

To go out wearing this face,
but I like it like this.

I'm just as much J'onn J'onzz

the human as I am
the Martian Manhunter.

The last time I saw you,

you were wrestling with
your own sense of self,

burdened by the ghost of your father.

But now...

You're finally in command
of who you are.

And you, the last time I saw you,

you were engaged in
endless Martian civil wars...

Until your brother's
heroic return to Mars,

which was nothing short of a miracle.

We're finally on the path
to peace because of him.

Because of you.

Well, I guess we were both
in different places back then.

But I gotta say,

I'm really glad you're here now.

- Should we wake her, or...
- No, no, no. That's, uh...

That's just how she works.

I don't understand it.

Every time we try to re-establish

Non Nocere in the subject,
his vitals spike

and his body's overriding it.

It's like he's treating my directive
like some kind of flu virus.

Try again.

We've already given what we can.
Any more would kill him.

Uh, guys.

It's spreading.

Wait. I created a safe environment,

free from outside predators

so that the prisoners would be safe.

But when Klaus turned,

he became the predator,

triggering the survival
instincts in the other inmate.

So, when he attacked the
other inmate in the elevator...

A domino effect was born.

Evolution is a bitch.

Hello?

Get out of my dreams, Brainy.

Get out of my dreams!

Gotcha.

Mmm. Mmm.

Seriously, what do
you put in these things?

I can't stop eating them.
They're so good.

Crack.

Just kidding. But seriously,
um, I can't tell you.

Chef Emile would drag me
to patisserie prison

for even hinting at it.

So, I didn't find any
communication between

Margot and the Luthors.

But she did spend a lot of time

talking to this employee, 873.

No name. Just a badge number.

Well, then let's find
this mysterious number 873.

Supergirl,
Dreamer just woke up from a vision.

We believe Rama Khan is at the
Oregon Geological Monitoring Station.

We think he's gonna
trigger a massive earthquake.

Uh... Oh, shoot.

- Shoot. It's my sister's cat.
- Oh.

He got out again. I gotta go.

I'll come with you.

Cats love me, for some reason.

Of course they do.

Uh, but this one, he gets
real skittish around...

around tall guys with...

accents and... and he bites.

Well, a shy biter. He...

You call Kelly about number 873.

I'll be right back.

It's over, Rama Khan.

Oh, no. It's just begun.

We're in a massive subduction zone.

If it ruptures, the results
will be devastating.

Then we should
stop that from happening.

Director Dox,

we have reports that
Rama Khan has triggered

a massive seismic event in Portland.

Supergirl and her allies
are already there, sir.

Should we provide backup?

Yes.

I think I can fix this.

I can reset everything
with a burst of Q-waves.

We just need to reconfigure

the Q-wave generator in my office.

It's on the other side of the prison.

All right. Safety in numbers.

I'm coming with you.

Excuse me.

Lena, help!

Stop, please!

Oh, are you all right?

We need to get the staff.

It's enhancing his powers.

Supergirl, we've stopped the quake.

We're gonna go put
the town back together.

Thank you for the assistance,
we'll take it from here.

Assistance? We found him.

We get to question him first.

Absolutely not.

Leviathan is the DEO's top priority.

No, Brainy, the DEO
might be compromised.

I have reason to believe that Lex

has been working with Leviathan.

You turn Rama Khan into the DEO,

who knows what Lex will do.

I'm sorry. My decision is final.

Rama Khan comes with me.

So are we.

The Special Collections Room
is right here.

Okay.

Well, just keep watch.
I need a minute.

We only have one.

It's the 5:00 p.m. shift change.

The new guard's gonna be
coming on duty any second.

Run.

What's wrong?

It's just...

Something about that staff
is giving me bad vibes.

Hey, Brainy.

We need to find out if Leviathan
has anything else planned.

I will.

You and Dreamer can watch
from the observation room.

Whoa, whoa, wait.

You said I could go
in there with you.

I said you could come to the DEO.

Look, this is a very
sensitive prisoner.

By my calculations,
any interrogation will be

85% more successful
without you in the room.

Brainy...

Are you really going
to shut us out like that?

Did you call me when you found
Rama Khan's location?

Did you?

Are you sure this is a good idea,

leaving Brainy alone
in there with him?

No, I don't love it,

but it is Brainy's DEO.

Brainy was in my dream of Rama Khan.

What was he doing?

He was playing games with Rama Khan.

More like, Brainy was
using Rama Khan.

So, it's just you and me now, Coluan.

You will tell me what I want to know.

Your fellow Leviathan,

your headquarters,

your endgame.

And why would I do that?

How is my wife?

She's sure somebody's
watching the house.

Oh, God. I'm so sorry for
dragging you into all this.

No, I jumped willingly.

But I think I better keep
my head down for a bit.

I got a friend who's gonna get
my family and me off the grid.

You should think about it, too.

Not until we bring
all of Leviathan down.

Alex...

For what it's worth,

you still sound like someone
who's a part of the military.

I get it.

Shifting to civilian life
can be hard.

It took me months, years.

Hell, if you ask my wife,

I still think I'm leading
a platoon of 20.

You get used to the
power of the uniform.

There comes a day when you realize...

you gotta let it go.

Thanks again for helping me out.

I know it goes against
Andrea's orders,

and I don't want to get you
in any more trouble.

All right, let's see who you
are, Employee 873.

Eve Tessmacher.

Did you know her?

Oh, in another life.

And if she's still
who I think she is...

this is bad news.

_

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Wait, what did he say?

That's not a language I know,

or ever heard Brainy use.

_

_

Did he just say "Luthor"?

_

_

_

_

What is it?

Something's wrong.

Rama Khan's staff.

It's scanning the DEO for something.

_

_

It's a trap!

Not so fast.

The prisoner has escaped.

Initiate Protocol Five.

Evacuate the DEO.

Enough!

And now to get what I came for.

I can't find the right
frequency, I need more time.

Back in a minute.

Gentlemen!

Shall we dance?

You're gonna have to do
better than that.

Steve!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Except...

What?

I feel like I used to feel.

The peace.

It's all gone.

Rama Khan! Over here.

M'gann! No!

Is everyone safe?

Everyone's fine.

But Rama Khan's gone.

We need to find him.

J'onn and M'gann are
out looking for him.

He could be anywhere by now.

Well, then we'll look everywhere.

We'll start at the Tower.

See if we can trace
his seismic signature.

- I'm needed here, but I...
- Don't.

- Nia.
- No!

When you took off your inhibitors,

I swore to be there for you
no matter what.

But, maybe I was wrong.

Because I don't know
who this Brainy is.

But, I know I don't like him.

And I definitely don't trust him.

Look...

I can't explain.

No more riddles.

What the hell were you doing
in there with Rama Khan?

What was that language?

And what did Lex Luthor
have to do with it?

Tell me.

Right here, right now.

I can't.

You can't play the game
from both sides, Brainy.

You can't pretend to be
on our side one minute

and then push us away the next.

If you can't pick a side,
I'll choose one for you.

And this is who?

She apparently has a list
of names and identities...

Her real name is Eve Tessmacher

and she's a very
dangerous individual.

Well, it says here, we hired her

on direct, personal
recommendation of Gemma Cooper,

our board chair and my friend.

No criminal record,

no black marks on her file,

practically a model citizen.

I don't know what kind of
game you two are playing,

coming to me with these
concerns based on nothing.

But I've worked too hard to
get this company to where it is

to lose momentum now.

If you can't find it in you
to get fully behind

Obsidian Worldwide's Unity Festival,

then perhaps,
you should consider finding the door.

Peace at last.

It took a bit of persuading,
but the prisoners

have been pacified and neutralized.

They're ready for the next round.

Non Nocere is dead.

It doesn't work.

It can't. It never could.

Pain is a necessary part
of being human, of life.

And I was delusional to think

that I could save people, or fix it.

Humanity will always try
to protect itself, to evolve.

You can't stop that.

You saw Steve, how helpless he
was, all because of me.

I was rooting for you, Lena.

But,

I have to agree.

Humanity can't be fixed.

They need to be controlled.

Leviathan may be our biggest threat,

but they were right about one thing.

Humanity needs a firm hand
to guide it.

To lead it.

And not some arrogant alien.

It needs to be human.

You mean, a Luthor.

Think of all that we could
accomplish together,

if we just take our rightful
place as humanity's saviors.

Saviors?

Of course.

You never change.

This was always

all about you,

your megalomania.

You... knew my plan wouldn't work,

that it was doomed.

You were counting on it.

How dare you?

I gave you the world.

Everything.

I supported you.

I sabotaged nothing,

touched nothing.

I set aside my own goals for you.

Because you needed to see
your little project fail

with your own eyes.

To know the true depravity
of humanity.

To know that my way was the only way.

You're a monster.

But that doesn't mean
I have to be one, too.

We've lost the DEO,
we've lost Brainy.

Leviathan has Kryptonite.

Without Lena to build
me a Kryptonite suit,

I have nothing.

We still have each other.

And we will stop them.

Go home.

We'll deal with this in the morning.

M'gann.

I can't find Rama Khan's
energy signal.

I've lost his trail.

Listen, listen, listen.

I nearly lost you out there today.

I'm just not sure I can...

J'onn.

It's okay.

- Hey.
- Hi.

How did it go with Pete?

Oh.

Not so good.

Um, we were ambushed by Leviathan.

Wait, what?

Pete's okay.

It's fine. I just...

Look, I made a mistake.

I just...
I pressed and I put him in danger.

I just...

I'm not used to being so exposed.

And now with the DEO, it's gone...

I'm so sorry.

Oh, and speaking of exposed,

William and I discovered
that Eve Tessmacher

has been working for Obsidian.

Have you talked to Andrea?

She didn't care.

In this world there is no record

of Eve being anything but perfect.

She threatened to fire me
if I came to her again.

- Come on.
- Yeah.

So, what are you gonna do?
Are you gonna leave Obsidian?

No.

No. That'll make it much harder
to get to the bottom of this.

I just...

I've got to get better at hiding.

Maybe you should, too.

What do you mean, like, wear a mask?

It worked for my brother.

If you're going to be a vigilante,

you might as well go all the way.

Mr. Luthor?

We got the prisoners
back in their cells.

What do you want us to do with them?

Burn it.

Just the person I was
hoping to hear from.

Did you get my gift?

Oh, yes.

I am very grateful.

How grateful?

Regarding your request
to meet my colleagues,

I'll send you a car tomorrow morning.

Well, now I'm grateful.

See you tomorrow.

Eventful day, Director Dox?

I know. I disobeyed
your direct order.

I interfered with Leviathan
and the Supers.

I am responsible.

For everything.

Oh, Dox.

Of course, I knew that you'd rush in

to help your little friends.

You're all gooey hero on the inside.

I don't have to be a genius
to know that.

But don't worry.

Everything is right on track.

Even the loss of the DEO
is a tax write-off.

You wanted Rama Khan
to be brought here.

To get the Kryptonite.

I gave Leviathan a little trinket

from the Fortress that,
with Kryptonite,

will make Supergirl's life miserable.

And they were very appreciative.

You got an invite to the ship.

I told you,

trust the process,

save the world.

Get some sleep.

Big day tomorrow.

I have made a terrible mistake.

I was hurt.

I was so hurt. And...

I thought I could
get rid of the hurt.

I thought that I knew better,

that I could make the
world a better place.

But I was wrong.

That hurt, um,

took me down a dark, dark path,

where I was

blind to what I was really doing,

to what I'd become.

You were right.

This whole time I became a
villain, and then...

I'm not looking for forgiveness.

I know what I said and I
know what I did, but I am...

I am really hoping that you
will believe me right now. Okay?

Lex is working with Leviathan,

and they are going to use Obsidian

to do something terrible...

using the system,

That I made with my project.

I didn't know I was helping
them, but I did. And...

now I want to help stop them, so...

Please, okay?

I want to help stop
Lex and Leviathan.

Sit down.