Supergirl, Season 1

Cat Grant:
The only reason I bought this building was because it had a private elevator. That way I don't have to get soaked in cheap cologne every morning getting to my office. Find out who used it, have them reprimanded or bathed, I don't care which.

Kara Danvers:
Uh, there's something about me that for most of my life, I've run from it. But last night, I embraced who I am and I don't want to stop.

Winn Schott:
Oh, my God, you're a lesbian. Oh, Kara, that's why you're not into me. This is... this is great news!

Kara:
I'm not gay! I'm... I'm her! The woman who saved the plane!

Winn:
Okay. Yeah, okay. Right. [Kara walks toward the ledge] Kara, what are you doing? Hey, Kara! Hey, get away from the ledge, you're gonna get hurt. [Kara jumps off] Kara! Hey! [Kara flies back up and lands on the roof] You're... You're her.

Kara:
Yup.

Winn:
This one has the "S". For "Super", just like your cousin.

Kara:
It's not an "S". It's my family coat of arms. The House of El.

Kara:
[on discovering that Cat dubbed her "Supergirl"] Supergirl? We can't name her that!

Cat:
We didn't.

Kara:
Right, I'm sorry. It's just, uh... A female superhero. Shouldn't she be called Super... woman?

Cat:
I'm sorry, darling, I just can't hear you over the loud color of your cheap pants.

Kara:
If we call her Supergirl, something less than what she is, doesn't that make us guilty of, of being anti-feminist? Didn't you say she's the hero?

Cat:
I'm the hero. I stuck a label on the side of the girl. I branded her. She will forever be linked to CatCo, to the Tribune, to me. And what do you think is so bad about "Girl?" Huh? I'm a girl. And your boss, and powerful, and rich, and hot and smart. So if you perceive Supergirl as anything less than excellent, isn't the real problem you?

Alex Danvers:
Director Henshaw. I wasn't recruited because of my sister, was I?

Hank Henshaw:
Yeah, she's why you got in. You are why you to get to stay.

Hank:
I see you share your cousin's appetite for wanton destruction, Miss Danvers.

Supergirl:
You know, I am starting to answer to Supergirl.

Winn:
Oh, God. Is that smell you?

Kara:
Three showers and I still reek of burning oil. I went from superhero to eco-terrorist in a single bound.

Kara:
I am not doing that interview. No. I can't... I mean I can't. Ms. Grant's not stupid. She'd recognize me in, like, one second.

James Olsen:
She will look at Supergirl right in the face and she will not see her assistant.

Kara:
How can you be so sure?

James:
Because she doesn't see you now. I watched it happen for years with your cousin. Why don't you think that people recognize him as Clark Kent?

Kara:
Reading glasses and a good slouch?

James:
No, he's able to hide because the world can't believe he's really a hero in their mist.

Kara:
Yeah, and I'm sure there's a good reason why my cousin keeps his job at the Daily Planet instead of flying around as Superman all the time, which would be so much easier.

James:
Yeah, well, one, he's able to pay his rent.

Kara:
Maybe I put the "S" on too soon.

James:
Kara, look at the window. Tell me what you see.

Kara:
Buildings. Billboards. There's that bar where that guy cards me all the time. He knows how old I am.

James:
I see a city full of people who need help. Who need a hero.

Kara:
You really think so?

James:
If anyone can fill Superman's boots... It's you.

Kara:
James, part of being your own man is knowing when to ask for help.

Cat:
It's you. Oh, no. I'm sorry. I meant to say who are you?

Supergirl:
According to you, I'm Supergirl.

Cat:
Trademark pending.

Hank:
Have you lost your mind? What were you thinking giving interviews?

Kara:
I wouldn't say it was an interview exactly. It was more of a private conversation that's being published.

Hank:
What's next? A book deal? A reality show? "Keeping Up with the Kryptonians"?

James:
[shows his signal watch] Kara, he gave me this a long time ago. If I ever got in trouble, I could contact him.

Kara:
But you weren't in trouble. When did you even call him? The second I left?

James:
Kara, I made a promise to your cousin. If anything ever happened to you...

Kara:
My cousin doesn't get a "get out of a jam card" when he first started. Neither should I.

James:
I'm just trying to keep you safe.

Kara:
And, yes, I appreciate that. But of all the things the "S" stands for, safety is not one of them.

Kara:
It wasn't supposed to be this way. This is the reason my mother and father sent me to Earth.

Alex:
They wanted you to live.

Kara:
No, it's more than that. I was supposed to be the one saving him, not the other way around. How am I supposed to really become a hero if Superman has to keep saving me?

Alex:
Your story... Your story is just starting. And some day you're gonna be the one saving him.

Kara:
I am not in the Friend Zone.

Alex:
You've spent more time in the Friend Zone than the Phantom Zone.

Kara:
Ms. Grant just won the Siegel Prize for Woman in Media.

Winn:
Oh, yes, she already knows. I didn't know she could smile if it wasn't based on cruelty to others.

Carter Grant:
I met Supergirl. She was amazing. And she was so much prettier in person.

Cat:
Oh. Well... did you notice any of her other attributes?

Carter:
Um, she's super strong...

Cat:
And smart and brave and kind and she saved you all. Tell me, what do you think makes her a hero?

Carter:
I'd say her legs. Definitely her legs. Her heart, Mom.

Maxwell Lord:
What can I get you? Or are you not allowed to drink and fly? I don't know the rules.

Supergirl:
Caught your press conference. I was surprised, you're usually a little more glib.

Maxwell:
There's nothing to be glib about. A sick little girl lost her father.

Supergirl:
That little girl is being treated by a doctor who has a lifetime grant from your company. You said, tonight, you always build in fail safes. Like the kill switches in those bombs. Something tells me that there was a fail-safe in Knox's bomb, too. One that you could've remotely activated if I didn't save you in time. You forced Knox to plant those bombs in exchange for saving his daughter's life.

Maxwell:
I would never barter a child's life. I can't speak for Knox's motives. He clearly went insane.

Supergirl:
Maybe you didn't expect Knox to vaporize himself, but I do know this was all a ruse. I just can't figure out why you did it.

Maxwell:
Fascinating theory. Unprovable, but worth exploring. I suspect that, whoever was responsible for these attacks, might be curious about you, Supergirl. What is she made of? How does she do it?

Supergirl:
You were testing me.

Maxwell:
And what would these tests have shown us? The drone would measured your agility. The building explosion, your strength. The next bomb would have demonstrated your speed while also revealing you're not actually invincible. But the results of that last test are the most intriguing of all. You chose to save a hundred people on that train, instead of thousands at the airport. One might deduce that there was someone on that train that you cared about. And finding that person is the key to revealing who you really are... when you're not flying around wearing that "S".

Supergirl:
For the record, I care about everyone. You may have fooled this city, but I know you were behind this. And I'm watching you. This isn't over.

Maxwell:
Finally, something we can agree on. [Supergirl flies out the window] The fun is just beginning.

Kara:
Can you hack into hospital records?

Winn:
Easy-peasy, fresh and squeezy... It's not something a man would say.

Alex:
Kara risks her life to protect other people and she is a hero, and yet I do the same and I'm in trouble? That is perfect.

Alex:
Where are you?

Kara:
I'm a little busy.

Alex:
You said you would be here.

Kara:
And I will be. I'm just dealing with an escaped alien prisoner.

Kara:
Chocolate pecan pie is the best dessert in the galaxy, and as someone who's been to twelve different planets, I mean that literally.

Cat:
Aw Leslie, you and I got through you not supporting Hilary in 2008, we can get through this.

Eliza Danvers:
Kara was a little girl from another planet. She lost everything. I didn't know how to do anything but accept her. You are my daughter, Alex. I wanted you to be better than me, but that never meant I didn't love you. You have always been my Supergirl.

Hank:
I once told you, there are people out there who fear your cousin. It's not because he has god-like powers. It's because of what he might do to them if he ever lost his temper.

Agent Donovan:
I got $20 on the robot.

Alex:
Forty on the alien.

Cat:
But the real key Kiera, is that you need to figure out what's really bothering you. For example, I am so furious with my mother, so I took it out on you. And you are so mad at me, but... And this is the important bit, you weren't really mad at me.

Kara:
Actually, I kind of was.

Cat:
No. You were really mad, at something else. You need to find, find that anger behind the anger. And you need to figure out what is really making you mad.

General Sam Lane:
You let that thing get away. I thought you were on our side.

Supergirl:
I tried. It fought harder this time, harder. Faster. Like it's learned a thing or two from the last go.

Lucy Lane:
It's like it knew you'd choose to save those people. The tornado was just a diversion to get away. He used your humanity against you.

Sam:
And now more innocent humans could be in danger. If anything else happens, you and the D.E.O. will both be held accountable.

Hank:
That's enough, General. My team analyzed Red Tornado's covering. It's made out of a biosyntheic polymer which contains traces of lead. To suppress x-ray vision, right? The android wasn't meant to fight insurgents. It was designed to kill Kryptonians.

Sam:
You got Fort Rozz aliens locked up downstairs. Monsters. Abominations. Some of them have wings. Some have horns. And others spit acid. Do you know the difference between them and her? She's blonde.

Hank:
She saved you and your daughter, tonight. You don't owe fear and contempt. You owe her a thank you.

Kara:
Would you like me to call your mother a car?

Cat:
She can take her broom.

Hank:
I am not Hank Henshaw. He died the same night as your father. The D.E.O. had been pursuing an alien for months. Not one of Fort Rozz prisoners, but an innocent one that was stranded on this planet. With the help of your father, the D.E.O. tracked the alien to a remote location in Peru. Henshaw led the squadron sent to terminate him.

Alex:
My father would never have been part of that mission.

Hank:
You're right. Jeremiah Danvers was a good man. He realized the alien we were hunting was no threat. He was a refugee, like your sister. Sole survivor of a lost world. Your father tried to stop the mission, but Henshaw was obsessed. He finally trapped the alien was hunting for so long. So, Jeremiah made the ultimate sacrifice. He gave his life to save that alien. Your father died a hero.

Alex:
That alien... Is that you? But how are you him?

Hank:
I am a shape shifter. When Hank Henshaw died, I assumed his identity to reform the D.E.O. But I also made your father a promise, that I would take care of his daughter. I recruited you so that I would honor that promise and protect you as if you were my own child.

Alex:
If you're not Hank Henshaw, who are you?

[Hank transforms into his Martian shape]

J'onn J'onzz:
I am the sole survivor of my planet. The Last Son of Mars. My name is J'onn J'onzz.

Cat:
You, Ker-rah? You never get sick. That's the best part about you.

Kara:
That's the best part?

Cat:
If I get sick, I will under perform. If I under perform, our stock prices will fall, thousands of people will lose their job, the S&P will take a hit and you will personally have triggered the next recession. Do you want to be the next Lehman Brothers?

Kara:
I guess I'll go home.

Cat:
Don't exhale on the way out.

James:
You lost your powers. Solar flare.

Kara:
I did not know we were calling it that.

James:
He does. Well, he likes to name them. You know, heat vision, freeze breath...

Kara:
He's such a nerd. I don't know, today, I'm less Girl of Steel and more Girl of Stucco.

[after an earthquake hits National City]

Kara:
Alex, are you okay?

Alex:
I'm fine.

Kara:
Liar.

Alex:
Back at you.

Kara:
Arm's broken here. Which, by the way, a warning would have been nice about how much that hurts.

Jemm:
Bow your head when you approach me! I am Jemm, master of the Faceless Hunters! Conqueror of...

Hank:
Twelve worlds. Yeah, heard you the first 10 times. It's not getting any more impressive.

Kara:
Are you sure you want to do this?

Cat:
Well, like taxes, aging, and participating in Martha Stewart's annual Secret Santa, this is just something I have to do.

Astra:
Your mother always said you had the heart of a hero. I need for you to be a hero, Kara. It's time for us to be a family again.

James:
I understand that Kara is special, and not just because of the cape. She's the kind of girl worth risking it all for. Hey man, if I were you, I'd risk it.

Non:
You remember me, little girl?

Supergirl:
You're Non. Astra's husband.

Non:
To think that you're the last daughter of the once great House of El.

Supergirl:
You're gonna wish I'd died with the rest of them!

Alex:
Kara, this is war, and to win a war, sometimes the enemy has to die. But can you look me in the eye and tell me that you are prepared to kill?

Kara:
Superman doesn't kill.

Alex:
If that's your answer then you shouldn't fight her.

Kara:
Ms. Grant, they were out of lattes, so here's a coffee.

Cat:
Hmm. And here you are, delivering it to me as a normal, boring person.

Kara:
Well, that's what I am. I'm very boring and really normal. So, um, I'll just get out of your hair.

Cat:
Why? Have a building to leap in a single bound?

Kara:
I stopped by that food truck you like.

Alex:
The one in Chicago? You are my favorite person.

Supergirl:
You know, you guys could have told me. I can keep a secret.

Hank and Alex:
No, you can't.

Winn:
If you go after Maxwell Lord like this, then you know what, you're just proving him right. That you are no different from Astra or Non.

Kara:
What if I'm not so different?

Winn:
You have to be, Kara. Because if you aren't, then we lose.

Kara:
Whenever I'm confused or overwhelmed I come in your office and you somehow sense it-like your superpower. I know I'm not going to be your assistant for the rest of my life, but I do know whatever I do next will be easier because of everything you taught me. And the truth is I need you now more than I ever have.

Kara:
I know there's nothing anyone can say to make you feel better right now.

Winn:
Well, hey, you have a homicidal maniac in your family, too, so you know where I'm coming from.

Winn:
The day he set off a toy bomb and killed six people is the day I stopped being his son.

Supergirl:
You can feel like this all the time, you know. Free. Untethered. True to who you really are.

Hank:
The world needs Hank Henshaw more than it needs J'onn J'onzz.

Hank:
I have been J'onn J'onzz on Earth. I have tried it. I was hunted for 50 years. People I've loved have tried to kill me once they discovered who I really was.

Alex:
I'm sorry. But times have changed. Look at Supergirl, the world loves her...

Hank:
Your sister looks like a pretty blonde cheerleader. J'onn J'onzz looks like a monster. I will never be tolerated here on Earth. The more time I spend as Hank Henshaw, the less I have to face what I've lost. But when I change my state, shapeshift into someone new, call upon new powers, I get one step closer to becoming the Martian Manhunter forever.

Cat:
Now, look, I'm not immune to the allure of James Olsen wearing a shirt that is unbuttoned one too many. But a woman with brains who gives up everything for love inevitably finds herself staring into an existential abyss that men, babies and cardio bars simply cannot fill.

Alex:
So what do we do now?

Hank:
We don't do anything

Alex:
No. No. No. That's not happening. We are going to bring this thing in together.

Hank:
We are not bringing this in.

Alex:
What do you mean?

Hank:
You know exactly what I mean... I will find its lair. And when I do I will drop this human coat I wear and break its body in half and bury it in the dry sand.

Adam Foster:
I'm confused. Is it "Kira" or "Kara"?

Kara:
"Kira" to your mom, "Kara" to literally everyone else on the planet, and beyond.

Supergirl:
I'm not leaving you alone with that thing

Hank:
You have to. I'm done.

Supergirl:
Done? Done with what? It has Alex. We've got to stop it.

Hank:
This started because it wanted me dead- with my race gone if I'm all that's left. Let it have me.

Supergirl:
No! This murderer does not get to win. And you don't get to give up!

Hank:
It will save Alex.

Supergirl:
We don't get to choose. We fight!

Supergirl:
I ask myself everyday why my mother didn't crawl into that pod with me. Now I know she felt guilty. She felt responsible for what happened on Krypton. That dying must've seemed... honorable But dying is a lot easier than getting back up when the world has ended. You have to get up. You have to go on.

Hank:
My road is done. I'll help Alex and then join my people wherever they are.

Hank:
[after putting Kryptonite restraints on Supergirl] I'm sorry. But I can't let you stop me.

Supergirl:
J'onn. J'onn. J'onn. Listen to me. I lost everything - everyone. It makes a hole in your heart. But you can't fall into it. You have to fill it. You have to fight. Do not throw away who you are. If you do that thing wins. The last son of Mars dies even if you're still standing.

Hank:
Maxwell Lord has a god complex, but he's not an actual god.

Alex:
I sent a team to scan the area. No signs of extraterrestrial activity, so we can probably rule out an alien shapeshifter. Unless there's something you're not telling us.

Hank:
The skirt was surprisingly comfortable, but no.

Supergirl:
She's as strong as me. She flies like me, she fights like me, except for that the fact that she talks like Cookie Monster, she is exactly like me.

Alex:
He all but admitted it. He took all those girls. All seven. Even the Bizarro you.

Hank:
Is that what we're calling it?

Supergirl:
Another Catco trademark.

Hank:
What the hell do you think you're doing, Alex?

Alex:
I have no choice, Hank. He's had us under surveillance. He knows about the D.E.O., he knows about Kara.

Hank:
I don't care if he's got the nuclear codes and his finger's on the button. That is not some anonymous alien you've brought in. That is Maxwell Lord, head of a multi-billion dollar organization. Time magazine's ranking person of the year. Everybody's gonna be looking for this guy.

Alex:
They won't find him.

Hank:
You're compromising the security of this entire operation.

Alex:
And he is compromising the security of my family. Guess which one I care about more. We are all willing to do a lot of things to protect our secrets, Hank. I would think you'd understand that better than anyone.

Hank:
What the hell are these guys doing here?

James:
Where Supergirl goes, we go.

Hank:
This is a top secret facility Mr. Olsen, you think I'm going to let the media waltz in here?

Winn:
Actually, I'm in IT, so definitely not worth shooting.

Alex:
I used to resent her for coming into my home. For following me around at school. Some strange girl who didn't know how to fit in. For embarrassing me in front of my friends. But all Kara wanted was a family. And that's what she is to me. She is my sister.

Alex:
I know Director Henshaw. If he thinks I'm in trouble when I'm plugged into that thing, he's going to pull me out, whether I've saved Kara or not. I need you to stop him. I either come back with my sister, or I don't come back at all.

Alex:
[to Supergirl] I can't promise you a life without pain and loss because pain is a part of life. It's what makes us who we are. It is what makes you a hero!

[Alex killed Astra, but Hank took the fall for it]

Alex:
Astra may have been Kara's enemy on the battlefield, but she was also family. She's taking it hard.

Hank:
Yeah, I knew she would.

Alex:
She never stopped believing Astra could be saved.

Hank:
That's the difference between soldiers and heroes.

Alex:
Sir, why did you lie to Kara?

Hank:
Because you're Supergirl's hero. And I don't want her to see you as anything but.

Master Jailer:
You waisted your ammo.

Alex:
No I didn't! Because here comes the sun.

Maxwell:
Without me, you'd be dead!

Supergirl:
Without you, the world is a better place!

Siobhan Smythe:
Kara! Just wanted you to know I did all your work for you while you were gone. I don't think Cat even noticed a difference.

Non:
She would have wanted you here. It is our custom for a surviving female to lead the rites. Do you remember the Prayer for the Dead?

Supergirl:
You have been the sun of our lives. Our prayers will be the sun that lights your way on the journey home. We will remember you in every dawn. And await the night we join you in the sky. Rao's will be done.

Alex:
If you don't have better angels, and I suspect you don't. You should know, we have a mass the size of this room documenting your crimes. Ready for immediate release to law enforcement. You tell on us. We tell on you.

Maxwell:
Mutually assured destruction. You make me nostalgic for the Cold War, Alex.

Alex:
Das vedanya.

Maxwell:
Brrr.

Winn:
You realize I'm learning an alien coding language in the same amount of time it takes to watch an episode of Dr. Who, right?…That's like, that's like really fast.

Cat:
Toyman, Jr., you're the computer expert. Fix this.

Winn:
I definitely liked it better when she did not know who I was.

Winn:
How's it, how's it going Siobhan?

Siobhan:
I'm sorry, I have difficulty making conversation with men under 6ft. tall.

Siobhan:
Ms. Grant, this came for you via private courier, I've been keeping it safe from prying eyes.

Cat:
Why didn't you open it? It could be anthrax?

James:
Lucy. Please remember I would never try and hurt you.

Lucy:
Then how do you keep managing to do it?

Cat:
Citizens of national city this Cat Grant live from CatCo plaza. As you all know I have been Supergirl's most outspoken champion, so you can imagine how difficult it is for me to tell you, that I and CatCo can no longer stand behind Supergirl. I made you trust her. I gave you my word that she was safe: a friend. I was wrong. Supergirl has changed. She is unstable and extremely dangerous. She threw me off of a building last night and threatened my life. Who knows what else she is capable of? It's not easy being let down by our idols. Having someone who embodies our heroic ideals helps us believe that we can be heroes, too. Sometimes, heroes fall. So, please, for your own safety, stay away from Supergirl.

Winn:
What, how- That's Cat's elevator.

Kara:
It is absolutely ridiculous for her to have her own personal elevator. Plus, horrible for the environment.

Winn:
You are literally impervious to bullets, and I'm worried for your safety right now.

Cat:
God knows, I hate a generic sports metaphor, but that interview was a touchdown. A home run. Whatever you call it when you do something good in hockey.

K'hund:
Your mother-

Supergirl:
Sentenced you to Fort Ross. Blah blah, ruined your life, I've heard the story. You wanna fight about it?

Maxwell:
And tonight she threw Cat Grant off her building.

Winn:
She killed Ms. Grant!?

Kara:
When you are an alien, you are willing to sacrifice anything, everything, betray your fundamental instincts just to fit in. To belong somewhere, to find your place in the world.

Alex:
I have worked for that man for the last two years, He has never endangered this planet, he has protected it.

James Harper:
Two years? This alien is over 300 years old. Two years is like a coffee break to him.

Jeremiah Danvers:
I know you were only trying to help. But the world already has a Superman. All you need to be is Kara Danvers.

Siobhan:
Seriously. I have too much self-esteem to kill myself. Killing someone else on the other hand...

Winn:
I'm sorry, but what did you expect me to do?!

Siobhan:
I don't know! Not rat me out to freaking Cat Grant!

Supergirl:
What am I gonna do without you?

Alex:
You don't need me. You never have.

Supergirl:
Yeah well you still took care of me anyway.

[Barry Allen is explaining to the others about the multiverse and how he arrived.]

Barry Allen:
[drawing circles on a whiteboard] All right. So imagine there are multiple versions of Earth. One where, uh... the Nazis won World War II , one where Kennedy was never assassinated...

Winn:
[raising a hand like he's in a classroom] Okay, one where all of us are evil.

Barry:
Been there. It sucks. So all of these Earths occupy the same place in space, but they vibrate at a different frequency, so they can't see one another.

Winn:
Yeah, yeah, but it's like, if you can go fast enough, then it's possible to open, like, a breach and then travel between worlds.

Barry:
Yeah.

James:
But how could you travel that fast?

Barry:
[amused] Uh, well, um...

[Barry races out of the room at super-speed, then returns seconds later, giving each of them an ice cream cone.]

Kara:
[overjoyed] Yeess!!

Barry:
Yeah. So, um... I was struck by lightning the same night a particle accelerator exploded, and I became a... superhero.

[Kara giggles, impressed and a little smitten.]

James:
So, so, so... y-you're a superhero, too.

Barry:
Mmm-hmm.

James:
[subdued] Tha-that's cool, I guess.

Cat:
[surveying Kara, Barry, James and Winn, who are standing before her] All four of you standing there doing nothing. You look like the attractive yet non-threatening, racially diverse cast of a CW show.

Barry:
What's the plan?

Kara:
Catch the bad girl. Bring her back here so she can't hurt anyone. Eighty-five percent chance of punching.

Kara:
When I was helping people as Supergirl, I was... I was so happy. And now that the people don't want me to help them, I feel lost. And I'm in such a hurry to prove myself again, I'm making stupid mistakes, like today.

Barry:
This is going to sound ironic coming from me, but you need to slow down. Just keep doing your good work. Don't worry about the rest. The public will forgive you, I promise.

Kara:
How can you be so sure?

Barry:
'Cause the same thing happened to me.

Kara:
Really?

Barry:
Mm-hmm.

Kara:
So what finally fixed things?

Barry:
Time.

Cat:
Tell Mr. Allen to have a good time zipping around in his red outfit.

Kara:
Wait, you knew he was the Flash?

Cat:
Oh, please. Barry shows up, the Flash shows up, his insistence on that silly name, and he was so unfailingly charming and nice that he had to be either a superhero or a Mormon. Kira, I can spot the extraordinary pretending to be a nobody in my midst just like that! [snaps her fingers right in front of Kara's face.]

Cat:
Kira, call Harrison Ford and tell him that I'm flattered, but once and for all, I do not date older men. Especially when they're married.

Cat:
Ah, you do have a cell phone? Can I get that number, please?

Supergirl:
It's Superman.

Cat:
Oh, can I get his number as well?

Eliza:
So, Mars... I have to ask, underneath it all, are you a little green man?

Hank:
I'm a big green man, actually.

Eliza:
Ha! And how are you able to change form? Is it an enzyme or some other chemical catalyst your body secretes that allows you to reorganize your DNA? And how do you adjust for the change in body density? How does your respiratory system process the increased oxygen and nitrogen present in our air that...

[Hank laughs]

Eliza:
What? What is so funny?

Hank:
Like mother, like daughter.

Supergirl:
This doesn't look like victory to me. And all you doing is betraying her. I was with Astra in her final moments. We forgave each other, we paid respect to our blood bonds. She didn't want this.

Non:
Of course she did. It's what everyone wants, is it not? Peace on Earth. Goodwill towards men.

Cat:
It's a lot less like Christmas out there and more like Dawn of the Dead.

Maxwell:
So, what's your plan?

Supergirl:
Hope.

Maxwell:
You know what? I'm gonna go with the plan that has the bomb to kill the bad guys.

Supergirl:
No bomb. No one dies.

Maxwell:
You think I wanna do this? It's the only way to win.

Supergirl:
What? What are we winning? Causing more chaos? More destruction? More lives lost? You hated me for months, because you thought I'd use my power indiscriminately, kill people with no regard for their lives. That is exactly the choice you're making with this bomb.That is exactly the choice you're making with this bomb.

Cat:
Please tell me you've had enough analysis to know that she's right.

Supergirl:
You were afraid of me. Now you're afraid of Non. I understand that fear. But we cannot let it drive our actions. Make another choice that honors your parents. And mine.

Supergirl:
People of National City, this is Supergirl, and... I hope you can hear me. We have been attacked. Mothers and fathers, friends and neighbors, children, everyone, suddenly stopped by a force of evil as great as this world has ever known. Your attacker has sought to take your free will. Your individuality. Your spirit, everything that makes you who you are. When facing an attack like this, it's easy to feel hopeless. We retreat, we lose our strength, we lose ourselves. I know. I lost everything when I was young. When I first landed on this planet, I was sad and alone. But I found out that there is so much love in this world, out there for the taking. And you, the people of National City, you helped me. You let me be who I'm meant to be. You gave me back to myself. You made me stronger than I ever thought possible, and I love you for that. Now, in each and every one of you, there is a light, a spirit that cannot be snuffed out. That won't give up. I need your help again. I need you to hope. Hope... that you will remember that you can all be heroes. Hope... that when faced with an enemy determined to destroy your spirit, you will fight back and thrive. Hope... that those who once may have shunned you will, in a moment of crisis, come to your aid. Hope... that you will see again the faces of those you love. And perhaps even those you've lost.

James:
Well, I'm just happy that you're safe and the three of us are back together.

Kara:
Me, too.

James:
But I think we should talk about that thing that happened, uh... right before Myriad struck.

Kara:
The thing.

James:
Yeah. The thing thing.

Kara:
[realizing] The thing.

James:
Hmm.

Winn:
[understanding] Oh, this thing has nothing to do with me. All good. I got other things. [leaves]

Supergirl:
I just... we both know what I'm up against, and I will save the Earth, I promise you that. I just don't know if I'll make it out alive. I didn't say the things that needed to be said when I left Krypton, and I wanted to make sure I said them now - just in case.

Hank:
I was exactly where you are, Kara. And when I was, you told me to never give up.

Supergirl:
I'm not giving up. But my mother didn't send me to Earth to fall in love with a human, have children, live in a house with a white picket fence. She sent me here to protect Kal-El. And now I will use my powers to protect the Earth. And if I die achieving that, I'm at peace with it. I'll join my mother. We'll be together in Rao's light.

[Kara receives a text message from her cousin on her computer.]

Clark:
My hero.

Kara:
Clarkǃ OMGǃ How are you feeling?

Clark:
Oooǃ Is this what a hangover feels like?

Kara:
You're asking the wrong girl.

Clark:
Clearly you're made of much stronger stuff.

Kara:
Only just figured that out?

Clark:
Seriously. You saved the world, Kara. I couldn't be prouder.

[Cat has just promoted Kara and given her a new office.]

Cat:
This is a step up for you, Kira. This is your "end-of-Working Girl-moment." And if you take advantage of it, I really believe that you can change the world. [turns and starts to leave]

Kara:
Miss Grant? [Cat turns around.] The end of Working Girl always makes me cry.

Cat:
Oh. Me, too. [makes a deep dramatic sigh] If you work hard, there might be a window in your future... Kara.