Supergirl (2015–…): Season 6, Episode 2 - A Few Good Women - full transcript

Previously on
Supergirl...

I don't want to kill anymore.

Be my partner. In return,
I promise I'll protect you.

How could I not love you?

You sad, silly woman.

I told you your obsession with
the Kryptonians would end like this.

The program I was developing
was supposed to expand the human mind.

But I think Lex reworked it.

Kara! No!

Without the coordinates of where
he sent her,

she could be anywhere
in the Phantom Zone.



Kara is not dead.

We are bringing her home.

Down to the valley, he goes

The say he's crazy
But I don't know...

Keys.

Thank you.

This is going to suck for you.

No pun intended.

Boo.

Keep dreaming, Dracula.

Got you.

Please. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.
I wasn't going to hurt anyone.

I'm not really a vampire.



We know. Your name is Silas.

- You're an alien.
- From Transilvane, to be exact.

Which is apparently a real planet.

You're where vampire stories come from.

Great. Glad to see
you've done your research.

But you're under-emphasizing
one tiny, important detail.

They're just stories. I rob blood banks
so I don't have to hurt people.

We're not interested in the robbery.

We'll let you go...

...if you help us.

Help you with what?

We want you to help us
break into the Phantom Zone.

Why in the hell would you
want to do that?

No, no, no, not again.

No.

My husband was falsely accused of theft,

and sentenced to six months
in the Phantom Zone.

They took Owen from me.

It was so unfair.

I had to get him back.

But they caught you
attempting to break him out.

How do you guys know all this?

My brother was in the Phantom Zone.
He'd heard about you.

We cross-referenced what he told us
with your Fort Rozz file.

You're the only person
to ever break into the Phantom Zone.

- We need you to teach us how.
- You must understand, I failed.

And you will fail, too.

I'm certain I can replicate
your technology.

The tech is the easy part.

It's the Phantoms you have to face.

People talk about the Zone
as a place where time does not pass,

but that isn't what makes it terrible.

It's the creatures
that give it its name.

They feed on your fear
by making you live it.

They're like shadow spores
that creep inside you

and infect everything good and right

and then turn it against the host.

Eventually, you forget that the Phantoms
are doing it to you at all.

Your nightmare becomes your reality.

That's when you go insane.

Just like my husband did.

I'm sorry
that happened to you.

But right now you have the chance
to help us save someone that we love.

Supergirl is there.

We're trusting you with this information

because you're the only one
who can help.

And we think you're the kind of guy
who would. Prove us right.

Help us.

Okay, I need a pen.

Good man.

911 from Andrea.
I have to get back to CatCo.

Silas will keep us from being stuck
in the Phantom Zone,

but we're still nowhere
on Supergirl's location.

Once we're inside, you'll need to divine
where she is and then lead us there.

And that will be no easy feat
with Phantoms circling.

So you'll need to train.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

I want to talk to you
about power.

Specifically, the power of the press.

It's the trial of the century

and CatCo needs to be the culture's

one-stop shop for all things Lex Luthor.

The trial hasn't even begun yet.

We pre-write our obituaries
for heads of state, don't we?

This should be no different.

We all know he's getting convicted.
We might as well just get a jump on it.

Well, nice of you to join us, Ms. Nal.

I'm sorry. I was donating blood.

Oh.

How heroic of you.

Obsidian North died
for Lex Luthor's sins.

Now I want our smart, splashy coverage

to bury him six feet under.

So, assignments.

Nia, with Kara still out of town
with Cat Grant,

I'm going to need you down
at the courthouse.

The judge, the jurors, the witnesses,

do literally whatever it takes
to get interviews.

I will pay your bail
if it comes to that.

- I'm sorry. Me?
- Yes.

- And William, of course.
- We won't be able to get in.

The courthouse is on lockdown
due to threats against Luthor.

I mean, they're even keeping
the jury off-site to protect them.

Well, the two of you are sharks.
You'll find a way to get in.

Plus, if you run into trouble, I'm sure
Supergirl will swoop in to protect you.

She always does.

I thought visitors were
forbidden in this wing.

The Luthor name
still commands respect...

and the occasional favor.

Ah, favors.

Is that how you secured me
that plea deal?

Admit to conspiracy and manslaughter,
and go away for... Ah, ah.

Go away for 25 years.

I'm sure your lawyer
advised you to accept it.

He did. Which is why I fired him.

The case against you is ironclad.

The Tessmacher girl's testimony
will be damning.

And every day you spend fruitlessly

shaking your fist at the sky
is another day

the Luthor name
gets dragged through the mud.

Mother, it almost feels
as if you care more

about the family name
than freeing your son from bondage.

I do.

Our family has always achieved
selfish aims by appearing selfless.

If you take the stand
and make a mockery of yourself

in the face of insurmountable evidence,

the world will see us
for what we really are.

Do you really have so little faith in me

that you think I should agree
to rot in prison?

I will remind you,
I have been in prison before.

I have been shot and killed
and risen from the dead before,

and I will not be subjugated again.

You should know I always have a plan.

Yeah, boss. Kablooey.

A legal plan, you imbecile.

Well, let's hope this plan
is better than the last.

Calm down.

There are no Phantoms here.

Who are you?

As if you don't know.
You bear the glyph of my house.

So you must be some sort of mirage,
another figment of my own tortured mind.

Your house?

This is the glyph of the House of El.

Father?

Kara?

My daughter alive, my wife alive...

It's more than I ever dared hope for.

Argo survived because of your sacrifice.

All this time I thought
I'd lost you forever.

When I chose to stay on Krypton
to activate Argo's shields,

I knew there was no way
I'd get off the planet in time.

Sending myself here was a last-ditch
attempt to save my life.

A terrible mistake.

There are things worse than death.

And to think you were here, too,
languishing, your pod trapped.

Oh, this place is nothing
like I remember.

- It's worse.
- Indeed.

From the safety of your pod,
you never faced the Phantoms.

They got to you, didn't they?

What did you see?

I was in a cavern, a fortress
of one of my enemies.

She was dead...

but so was everyone I ever loved,

cut down while they were trying
to save the world,

and I just stood there
among their bodies...

horrified.

I couldn't save them.
I couldn't wake up.

I wanted to die there with them.

But I couldn't do that, either.

A terrible vision.

Not a vision.

A memory.

One that I thought
had finally stopped haunting me.

But it was crystal clear.

It felt like it would never end.

That's exactly what will happen
if you resist the Phantoms.

You were a hero...

and you didn't deserve this.

But it's gonna be okay now.
We're going to get out.

"Get out"?

Yeah, Mother once told me that Fort Rozz

is rooted in space
above the Rocks by an Anchor.

The guards come and go
through a portal at the base.

If we can find the Anchor...

To try would only invite
the Phantoms' wrath.

But if we do not provoke them,
they will leave us be.

We are trapped here forever.

We will never die,
but we may yet survive.

You must accept that, Kara,
or you will go mad,

and remain so for eternity.

So, will you be watching the trial?

Of course.

You don't think I'd miss
an opportunity for the world

to see my brother as he really is?

Well, what about who you are?

What do you mean?

You were there with Lex
through everything.

But you haven't spoken on the record
and you haven't been asked to testify.

Think of the good it could do
if you aired your firsthand experience

and asked for forgiveness publicly.

I thought I was coming here
to catch up with a friend,

but you're lobbying for an interview.

Oh...

Please, Lena, I...

I screwed up with Obsidian,
and CatCo barely survived.

It's all I have left,
and it's in bad shape.

If you go on the record,
maybe we can help each other.

I'm sorry for your troubles,
I really am,

but what happened by Lex's side,
I will never speak of publicly.

I thought maybe we could talk about it,

especially after everything
we've been through.

But I see now that I was mistaken
because, as ever,

you're always putting yourself first.

Keep the Scotch.

Figured you guys could use some lunch.

So how are things going here?

I mean, with Silas's help
and the nanobots to rebuild it,

he can have Supergirl back by sundown.

Whoa.

By sundown?

We should order in Dim Sum Deelite's
entire stock of potstickers

because she's going to be starving
when she gets back.

You're not listening to me.
Sundown isn't possible.

Next week might not be possible.

The last time I build this portal,
it took six months of testing

to make sure I didn't burn to death
when I stepped through it.

It's just wonderful that
you are all big, powerful superheroes,

but I can't guarantee
you won't burn to death, either.

I already have not saving
my husband on my conscience.

I don't need your deaths, too.

Hey, hey, I, um... I got it. Okay?

I, um...

I know what it's like to lose someone.

Someone you love
more than anything in the world.

But Owen being in the Phantom Zone
is not your fault.

You need to forgive yourself
for what happened to him.

I can't.

The guilt is overwhelming.

Of course you feel guilt.
Of course you feel shame.

But those feelings are there
to remind you that your love was real.

And that is something that
no Phantom can take from you.

Look, I know you're scared,
but you can do this.

You can build that portal.
You can make it work.

And when you do, we will save Supergirl.

And every life she saves from then on
will be thanks to you.

And thanks to Owen.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

for perhaps the first time in history,

"crimes against humanity"
carries literal weight.

Lex Luthor stands accused of attempting
to brainwash half of humanity

into loving him and to murder the rest.

And this, in addition to the actual
murder and conspiracy charges.

Any one of these should put him away
for life.

Through evidence
provided by Eve Tessmacher,

who was present
for every terrible moment,

we'll prove him guilty of every charge.

No, she won't.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

You know this isn't...
You know this isn't easy for me.

Silas,
I do not have time.

Fix it. Fix it right now.

J'onn, can I talk to you outside?

Get it done, and don't immolate anyone.

I know you think of Kara
as a daughter...

when you've already lost two.

I think of K'hym and T'ania every day.

With Kara gone,
enduring all that alone...

my memories take a different shape.

I'm worried about Kara, too.

But I'm also worried about you and Alex.

You're running yourselves ragged
trying to get her back

and speed up the process.

We've taken risks before.

It's not risk I object to.

This mission
calls for methodical planning,

without ego or emotion.

But instead you're just charging ahead
without getting the lay of the land.

You're not acting like a soldier,
you're acting like a father.

I'd rather die trying to get her back
than live with the guilt

that I didn't do everything
that I could.

I hear your wisdom, M'gann. I do.

But we need to do this our way.

You've been incredibly strong today,
Miss Tessmacher.

And I know it can't be easy
speaking truth to power like this.

But I have to ask you one more question,

and I implore you to answer
honestly and clearly.

Is the murderer of Dr. Jarrod
in this courtroom today?

Yes.

Lex Luthor.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Your witness, Mr. Luthor.

- Eve...
- Miss Tessmacher.

Miss Tessmacher, then.

When I returned home
after saving those kidnapped VR users,

who was waiting for me?

I was.

That's right. You surprised me
with a lavish candlelit dinner.

Do you recall the entree?

It was... beef Wellington.

Mm. The meal was delicious, I might add.

Succulent, tender.

Objection. It's his opinion.

I was just as surprised at the quality
as you, Ms. District Attorney.

Which is why I asked Eve...
Miss Tessmacher,

"What's the occasion?"

And do you remember what you said?

I...

Have you not sworn to tell the truth
today, Miss Tessmacher?

- I have.
- Objection.

Then why did you cook me dinner?

Because I was in love with you.

And when
I did not reciprocate...

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
I ask you, what is more reasonable?

Lex Luthor, philanthropist,
entrepreneur and hero,

committing these terrible crimes...

or Eve Tessmacher, jilted lover
hell-bent on revenge,

setting up the man
who would not have her.

All to avoid punishment
for her own crimes.

She had the means, she had the motive

and she had an image inducer.

You made me hack Obsidian.

You made me impersonate people.

You made me kill.

You made me do all of it...

I demand
Miss Tessmacher's testimony

be stricken from the record
and her plea deal revoked.

Oh, and if you feel like
throwing in a charge of perjury,

that would be cool, too, Your Honor.

Let me guess. Now that the trial
has turned in Lex's favor,

you want me to relinquish my shares
and step down from the company,

so Mama's number-one boy
can retain his rightful throne.

On the contrary,
I'd like to sell you my shares.

Why?

Because Luthor Corp
in your brother's hands

is nothing more than a weapon.

We both know it.
My shares, coupled with yours,

would form a majority

Lex couldn't outvote
no matter how hard he schemed.

Think of what you could do
with all that power.

You're trying to bribe me.

Why in the world would I need
to bribe my own daughter?

Because you know I'm gonna
testify against Lex.

An idiotic and childish notion.

Eve's testimony
was the backbone of this case.

Now that Lex has completely damaged
her credibility,

all her evidence is tainted.
It's "fruit of the poisonous tree."

If I don't speak
to the brainwashing charges,

then he might go free.

So let him.

Your brother
nearly threw everything away

and revealed his true colors
to the world,

but through cleverness
and sheer force of will,

he has convinced the jury that
he's a good man framed by an evil woman.

That perception is good
for the entire family.

The truth is good for the family.

The truth is you did nothing to stop Lex
until it was nearly too late.

If you take that stand,
you'll have to accept your guilt

for every single thing
you did by his side.

And then the world
will not only think Lex is evil,

but they'll think you are, too.

And the Luthor name
will be as good as worthless.

It's time for Luthor
to do some actual good

instead of just pretending to.

If I have to risk my name to make sure

my brother stays behind bars forever,
then I will.

It's not a risk.

It's a certainty.

Lex won't hesitate
to take you down with him.

And he knows better than anyone
how to get under your skin.

Oh, I'm counting on it.

Hey. Sorry. I know. It was impossible
to get away from William.

He just could not understand
what was more important

than staking out the courthouse.

Now is not the time
to worry about William.

Or Lex's trial, for that matter.

Now is the time to train.

The Phantom Zone is an environment
unlike one you've ever experienced.

It will require the highest levels
of your concentration

to dream Supergirl's location in there.

Accordingly, I give you
my Phantom Zone simulation,

meticulously crafted
from all known data about the Zone.

Sensors placed around the room
will record your dream energy.

Any fluctuations, distractions,
emotional incongruences,

will trigger the Phantoms I've populated
this training exercise with

to attack you, just as they will do
in the Phantom Zone.

I got it.
Just like the holodeck on Next Gen.

Now, hidden somewhere in this simulation
is my simulated Supergirl.

Please close your eyes,

and try to divine her location.

Kara, wait up.

Just slow down.

Kara and Alex in high school.

- What a surprising divination.
- It's not a divination.

It's a distraction, Brainy.

Well, try again.

I could barely find you when
you were dying on the Leviathan ship.

I thought maybe our relationship
was what was clouding my powers,

but maybe I just don't know
what I'm doing.

Without my mom or my sister,

I don't have anyone to actually teach me
how to interpret my dreams.

And until I learn, I'm never going
to be the hero I want to be.

I'm from the Legion of Superheroes,

where everything we did
was through the lens of Supergirl.

Her virtue, her accomplishments,
her drive.

But you and I have had the opportunity
to actually know her.

And so we know she's more
than just Supergirl.

She's Kara.

She is our beacon through the darkness.

She's the example
we all aspire to emulate.

So yes, you may fear that you will fail
to live up to Kara's example.

But I am here to tell you,
in no uncertain terms,

that you are not a liability
to this mission.

You are the reason
it's going to succeed.

Let's try again.

I'm so sorry you were lost here.

I'm so sorry you've endured
what you've endured.

I'm going to help you
find your way again.

I'm going to get us out of here.

I promise.

Get away from her.

I take it you learned your lesson.

I have to try again.

Kara, I can't lose you again.

Please, we can live safely here.

And do what? Stare at cave walls
day in and day out

until time loses all meaning?

The father I knew
never would have accepted that.

The father you knew was hollowed out
and devoured slowly by the Phantoms.

I'm trying to spare you that.

You may think you're stronger than I,
but strength doesn't matter here.

The Phantom Zone isn't
something you can fight.

You're right.

I can't beat it.

But I am going to do
everything I can to escape it.

Even if it means I just get
an inch further every day.

And I'm sorry
for everything you went through.

But I would rather live through torture

and do something
than just exist for the sake of it.

The House of El is meant
for more than that.

Well, I won't let my daughter go
into the Rocks alone.

So if you're
going to insist on trying...

I'm going with you.

Miss Tessmacher's testimony
has been thrown out

and the murder charges
have been dropped,

so perhaps we should be getting
to closing arguments.

If there's no objection...

Actually, Your Honor, the People
would like to call one more witness.

What could one more witness
possibly testify to?

Everything else.

Non Nocere. It's "to do no harm."

I mean, that was always my intention.
To make the world a better place,

to inhibit our desires to hurt
each other emotionally and physically.

But Lex corrupted my technology
to turn every Obsidian user

into his own mindless followers,
essentially brainwashing them.

To what end?

To get away with murder.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Defense, your witness.

Something funny, Mr. Luthor?

Mmm.

Not funny.

Hilarious.

My sister can couch her project
in flowery language,

"make the world a better place,"

but put plainly, she created a tool
to brainwash the masses.

- Isn't that right, sis?
- Yes, I did.

But I wasn't the one
with the motive to use it that way.

Well, it's your word
against mine on that.

On, well, pretty much all of it,
for that matter.

Now, by your own admission,
you yourself would have had

both the means and the opportunity
to commit the brainwashing

of which I stand accused, would you not?

No. Because in the trial phase,
it became clear that

Non Nocere was irreparably flawed.
I abandoned it.

But then how could I have
possibly used your creation

to brainwash anybody
if it didn't really work?

I said it was flawed,
not that it didn't work.

I was filing patents
when you were in diapers.

Why would I waste my time

workshopping your faulty
science fair project?

Because your little sister had created
something that you needed.

Something that you could
never have come up with on your own.

You've never done anything on your own.

- You've always needed me.
- Objection.

You can't stand that
I don't need you anymore.

Sustained.

Without me, your precious Non Nocere
would've never gotten off the ground.

So you think you can just
take credit for my work?

You're damn right I can.

I have always taken the big swings
that you never would.

But I supported you,
because you're a Luthor.

I kept you by my side
when you were too timid and weak

to do what was necessary.

It takes guts to wield power.

And I wield my power
to make the world better.

So did I help develop Non Nocere? Yes.
And yes, Non Nocere failed.

Boo-hoo. It happens.

But instead of accepting that humbly,
my sister blames me for it.

It's no surprise that this entire case
has fallen apart

when every single charge

hinges on the unsubstantiated hearsay
of bitter women like my sister and Eve.

Women who, mind you, could have
committed these crimes themselves,

as could any number of other suspects
that the prosecutor has overlooked

in her obsession
with targeting me, and why?

Because I am powerful.

So let that be a lesson to you all.

If you try to build
a good life for yourself,

there is always somebody
waiting to tear you down

and punish you for your greatness.

But I accept who I am.

I like power, and I have the guts
to do something with it.

I did not commit the crimes
of which I stand accused.

But if I had, who could blame me?

If push came to shove,
you'd have done it.

The defense rests.

Yes! Come on.

You sure this thing won't blow up?

It won't blow up,
but I can't guarantee it won't implode.

Let's bring Supergirl home.

It doesn't look like
the simulations, Brainy.

No.

This isn't right.

The Phantom Zone
has been fractured somehow.

Of course. Crisis.

When all the timeline
converged into one,

the opposite must have happened here.

It's no longer
one pocket dimension, but many.

An interdimensional archipelago.

Well, Dreamer should still
be able to find her in there.

Every dimension has
its own vibrational frequency.

We would have to go to each one
before Dreamer could even try.

And it's moving in a randomized pattern.

It would take years for us
to make it to each of them.

Supergirl is in there, okay?

We're not not gonna go get her.

Alex, wait.

I won't give up on Kara.

I'm not gonna lose you, too.

Phantoms!

A Phantom disrupted the portal.
We need to get it back online.

On it.

Not again.

Silas, we have to send
the Phantoms back.

I need you to help me.

Please, don't let them take me.

These creepy bastards aren't going
to take any more of us.

Okay? Do it for Owen.

I'll cover you.

This isn't gonna hold them forever.

Your dream power helped me in the past.
Allow me to repay the favor.

Both of us.

Oh, that is much better.

- Anytime you're ready, Silas.
- I'm trying. Come on, you stupid thing.

Now!

All rise.

In the case of

the People of the United States
of America v. Lex Luthor...

You found them?
Everything all set? Judge?

- Jury?
- Executioner.

Kablooey.

Mr. Foreman,
has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

In the matter of National City
v. Alexander Joseph Luthor,

we, the jury, find the defendant
not guilty on all counts.

Mr. Luthor is now...

Wait. You actually won?
Not that I'm surprised, boss.

Well, I am. Clearly I underestimated
the value of just being myself.

Oh... No kablooey.

Of course not, you idiot.

I'm sorry things were different
than you expected

and you couldn't save your friend.

But just because you couldn't save her
this time doesn't mean you won't.

I think we all need
to at least take a beat.

It's been a rough day,
but we will figure this out.

Now we go live.

Breaking news.
Lex Luthor has been exonerated.

Guys. It's about to get a lot worse.

I would like to congratulate the jury
on coming to the right decision

in spite of the clear prejudice
in the media coverage of my trial.

CatCo published a glorified hit piece
painting me as guilty and then allowed

the same biased journalist
to single-handedly cover my trial.

Guys, I've got to get back to CatCo.

It all comes down to a lack of hard
evidence and a lot of reasonable doubt.

It's the system, you see.

They pick a powerful guy
and they try to tear him down.

No one deserves a life sentence
for that.

Okay, enough of this farce.

The trial may be over,
but we are not.

William, get out there and find me
my next Lexposé.

Back to work.

William. William, I am so sorry I didn't
make it back to the courthouse.

It wouldn't have made a difference.

I'm not sure any of this
does anymore, really.

Of course it does.

Look, Lex got acquitted,
and there is nothing

that we could have done about that.

But when he tries
something again tomorrow,

that is something
we can do something about.

We can still make a difference.
We just can't stop trying.

Come on.
You guys have been at it for hours.

Eat.

How are you guys doing?

Brainy's still running analytics
on the projector.

It's slow going,
but we're making progress

on mapping the Phantom Zone.

I wasn't talking about the job,
I was talking about you.

Oh.

Right.

I was just thinking how right you were,

about methodical planning,
without ego or emotion.

If I hadn't been so reactive,
rushing us into a risky plan...

Well, your plan would have worked
if the Phantom Zone weren't fractured.

Yeah, but if I'd have
been more thorough,

had Brainy map it before,

we would've been prepared for that.

Well, now, we will be next time.

But I know you're going through a lot.

You can talk to me.

I almost lost you today...

and Alex, everyone. I need to do
what I must to get Kara back.

Until then,
I need to follow your advice.

Stop thinking in terms of family
and just be a soldier.

And here we go live to Lex Luthor...

Mr. Luthor,
now that you're free, what's next?

I'm just glad that I can return
to making a difference as a free man.

These 21st-century keyboards suck.

Alex?

I couldn't...
I couldn't get her back. I...

I couldn't save her.

Hey, that's more than anyone
could have pulled off in a day.

No, it's not just today.

I mean, what if we never... What...

What if she's really gone?

I mean, how am I supposed to accept
a world without Kara in it?

The only thing that you have to accept
is that this could take a while.

But you are going to keep fighting,
and so is she.

Yeah, but that's the thing.
I don't know if I can.

This isn't just a hard path.
I don't see any path at all.

We're nowhere, Kelly.

We are nowhere, and she is alone
and I might not ever see her again.

In another surprising
turn of events,

Lex Luthor has called
for the District Attorney

to instead consider charges
against his sister, Lena,

who in the process
of testifying today...

...may have implicated herself

in criminal activity.

So much for not speaking
about Lex publicly, huh?

I owe you an apology.

I was behaving selfishly earlier.

You saved my life.

I shouldn't have tried to use you.

And I shouldn't have jumped
down your throat.

It was hypocritical.

I'm intimately aware
of how difficult it is to make amends.

Well, you did it in style,
coming forward despite the difficulty.

Honestly, I wish I was brave
enough to confront my father like that.

What, by giving him
a platform to grandstand

that backfires so drastically

that the DA ends up
investigating you instead?

By using his own strategies against him.

You pushed Lex
right where you wanted him.

No one could have expected
the jury to sympathize.

We'll keep going after Lex
with everything CatCo's got.

I will, too.

And if the justice system
doesn't stop him, then I will.

Well, I'll drink to that.

I admit I didn't expect
your little performance

to be so effective.

You underestimated me
even more than I did, Mother.

No one should have been able

to Houdini themselves
out of a situation like that.

Please. Houdini was all about tricks,
whereas I am now seeing

the value of unvarnished truth.

Two words I never thought I'd hear
applied to a Luthor.

And how does my narrative suit
our beloved family name now?

Far better than your sister's.

Hmm. From mass murderer
to vindicated martyr in one fell swoop,

and all I needed was me.

I wasted so much time
trying to buy, threaten,

or brainwash people into
doing what I wanted.

But apparently, people love a guy
who tells it like it is.

The key is, if you can get them
to buy it long enough,

they stop being able to discern

whether you're telling it
like it really is,

or how you want them to believe it is.

Ah, damn it.

Which one of you thieving idiots drank
my O negative?

J'onn, I think
that Phantom did something to me.

Please come. I think I need help.

Where did they just go?

I have no idea. I've never seen
a Phantom do anything like that.

Well, if they use portals to get around,
maybe we can use one to get out.

It looks like the portals only open
and close long enough

for a Phantom to get through.

Then I guess we're gonna have
to catch a Phantom.