KARA: When I was a child, my planet Krypton was dying.
I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin.
But my pod got knocked off-course
and by the time I got here,
my cousin had already grown up and become Superman.
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.
HANK HENSHAW: 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?
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
(HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)
(COUPLE SINGING)
(WHOOPING)
- (POLICE SIREN WAILING) - Oh, crap.
Even they can't stand your singing.
(SCOFFS)
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?
(TIRES SCREECHING)
_
(GROANS)
Out of the car!
No! No! Run! (SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING)
Ah!
Let me go!
Baby! My baby!
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? - (SIGHS) I'm sorry.
- I'm just... I'm... (SIGHS) - 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.
(CHUCKLES) 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...
BOTH: Amazing!
- Amazing. - (CHUCKLES)
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."
(LAUGHS) Okay.
- Yeah, we get each other. - Yeah, babe.
- I think we need some more drinks. - Okay.
- I'll be right back. - All right.
- JAMES: 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...
(EXPLOSION)
(GUNFIRE)
(GRUNTS)
Lyra, where are you?
(GRUNTS)
(GROANING)
(GRUNTS) Winn.
Hey!
(SCREAMS) Let me go!
No! No!
(SCREAMING) No! No!
LYRA: Get off of me.
- (COUGHS) - I'll get her.
LYRA: (SCREAMS) No!
- Freeze! Or I will shoot. - (GUN CLICKS)
Stop. Roll out, boys!
Lady here, she's about to drop her gun. Isn't she, huh?
Let her go.
(GASPS)
- (TIRES SCREECHING) - (SCREAMING)
No! No!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
I should've gotten there sooner.
I mean, if these guys hadn't come in then I would've... (GROANS)
- 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. - HANK HENSHAW: Agent Schott.
Hey, uh... (CLEARS THROAT)
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.
(LOCK BEEPS)
(GRUNTS)
- Now, me... - Ah!
I bet you've got loose lips. (GRUNTS)
Now tell me, where is Cadmus?
(BOTH GRUNTING)
- 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.
(GRUNTING)
Well, it's either them or it's me. (GRUNTS)
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!
(ALEX EXHALES)
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.
(ALEX EXHALES)
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...
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
You know, maybe Mon-El was right.
We all could use a deep breath. Or a drink.
I'm fine.
Okay? I promise.
(EXHALES)
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. - (BEEPS)
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? (PANTING) 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.
(SPEAKING IN YIDDISH)
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.
(SIGHS)
Dad. (EXHALES)
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.
(STAMMERS) 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?
(SIGHS)
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.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(EXHALES)
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.
MAN: Let's go! Let's go!
It's all right.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
KARA: 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.
(DOOR CLOSES)
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.
(STUTTERS) 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. - (CHUCKLES)
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. - (TAPS BOOK)
Thank you.
- What are friends for? - (CHUCKLES)
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.
(LAUGHING)
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
(SIGHS) 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?
- (TIRES SCREECHING) - Oh!
- Just keep... - Whoa! No.
Ah! (GROANS)
Officer, I think that man needs help.
- (GUNFIRE) - (GRUNTS)
- I need to borrow this more often. - (SCOFFS) Yeah, right.
Hello.
Okay.
And bingo.
SAWYER: 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.
(SCOFFS) Consider it done.
(GUNSHOT)
- (GRUNTS) - TROOPER: Don't move.
Hold your fire.
She's with me.
You shouldn't have come after me, Alex.
You could have been killed.
ALEX: 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.
(IN COMICAL VOICE) Kara, I'm home!
(CHUCKLES) I just...
(IN NORMAL VOICE) I love saying it like that.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Hey, come on, not even a smile?
What is it? What's going on?
(KISSES)
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?
(CHUCKLES) 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.
(SIGHS) 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.
(SIGHS)
- I... - Do it.
- Uh... - Just push the button.
- Push the button. - Okay.
- It's blobbed. - There you go.
- Way to blob, babe. - Ugh!
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
- 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. - (TASER ZAPS)
- Lena? - Stay back!
Lena?
(BOTH GRUNT)
(LENA SCREAMS)
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. - (MACHINE STARTS)
- COMPUTERIZED VOICE: 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?
(EXPLOSIONS)
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... (BREATHING DEEPLY)
We're gonna protect each other. Always.
LILLIAN: Jeremiah. Jeremiah!
Dad, make this right.
(ALL GRUNTING)
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.
(SIGHS)
- (BEEPING) - (EXPLOSIONS)
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.
(GROANS)
COMPUTERIZED VOICE: T-minus 60 seconds to engine ignition.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Stop!
- LYRA: Alex! - Lyra. Get back.
You start getting everybody off the ship.
- I'm going to stop the launch. - Okay.
(DOOR HISSES)
COMPUTERIZED VOICE: T-minus 30 seconds to engine ignition.
Okay...
(ZAPS)
Come on.
LYRA: Everyone, we need to get to the exit.
COMPUTERIZED VOICE: Secondary engine ignition.
- (ALL GASPING) - Everyone, hold onto something!
COMPUTERIZED VOICE: Main engine ignition.
(ALARM BLARING)
Report!
Detecting spacecraft launch on a hyperbolic trajectory.
- What is it? - Cadmus.
- (CELL PHONE RINGING) - 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.
HANK HENSHAW: Two minutes. ALEX: Nothing's happening.
- The ship is still picking up speed. - We need to slow it down.
SUPERGIRL: I'm here. I can slow it down.
(GRUNTING)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(YELLS)
- Supergirl. - (MACHINE BEEPS)
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!
- (GUNFIRE) - WINN: Are you okay?
I'm all right. I'm...
- Winn? - Supergirl!
It's all right, it's all right, she just lost her comms.
- (BANGS) - (ALL GASP)
Okay.
- Go. - WINN: Alex, in 20 seconds,
the ship will be on the other side of the universe.
It's up to her now.
Come on.
(MOUTHING)
You can do this.
(SCREAMING)
You got this.
(SCREAMING)
Come on. Come on!
(CREAKING)
Okay.
FEMALE NEWSCASTER: 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.
(LAUGHS)
Oh, I thought I lost you.
You're firing me?
(OBJECT THUDDING)
Of course I am, danvers.com.
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.
(SIGHS)
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.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(SIGHS)
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.
SAWYER: 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?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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. - (CHUCKLES)
I feel different.
Yes. There is something about this place.
NAVIGATOR: Your Highnesses.
We've reached our coordinates.
Finally.
We've arrived.
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