Supergirl (TV Series)

Phantom Menaces (2021)

Katie McGrath: Lena Luthor

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• Lex Luthor : Be wary of opening with the Queen's Gambit, sis. It's such an obvious first move.

  Lena Luthor : This isn't over.

  Lex Luthor : It never is.

• Lena Luthor : [finding Lex in her office]  What a thoroughly unpleasant surprise.

  Lex Luthor : Morning, sis. I promise this'll be quick. When I woke up this morning, I could not wait to get back to work. So I opened my computer and, wouldn't you know it, I have been locked out of all LuthorCorp accounts. Even my own Lex Foundation. Isn't that funny?

  Lena Luthor : You may be a free man, Lex, but your time at LuthorCorp is over.

  Lex Luthor : [sarcastic laugh]  Ah-ha-ha! See, I had a feeling it was you. Uh, the firewalls were spectacular, by the way. Uh, and how did you change my bioscan? Ah, let me guess, the Coluan helped you out with that? Cute prank, sis. Now undo it.

  Lena Luthor : Maybe I wasn't clear. I will do everything in my power to protect this company and the world from you. Do you think my testimony was some kind of a mistake?

  Lex Luthor : Hmm. I thought you might be feeling stubborn. I had very expensive coffee this morning with my new friend ADA Matthews, uh, now District Attorney Matthews. He was freshly appointed after your friend, District Attorney Diaz, was fired for losing my case. Anyway, uh, Mr. Matthews was so grateful at his good fortune that he's willing to do me a favor. He's issuing you a court order to undo your little cyber attack within the hour. Oh, uh, and I also had a very nice chat with him about his investigation in you and Non Nocere. Just wanted to make sure he was giving it his full attention. It's now his number one priority.

• Brainiac-5 : Sorry it took me so long to get here. There's a bit of an emergency at the Tower.

  Lena Luthor : You're hologram-multitasking again.

  Brainiac-5 : Your text said you need more help with Operation Vengeance. I'm at your service. How did Lex take our systems lockout?

  Lena Luthor : Poorly, as expected. He mentioned Lex's Foundation this morning, so I did some digging. Turns out the foundation is just a sham to buy experimental weapons from Kaznia, but you and I are going to funnel the money directly to the Luthor Wing of the National City Children's Hospital instead. Do you think you can hack into this account and make that happen?

  Brainiac-5 : I'm not exaggerating when I say that nothing would delight me more.

  [doing so] 

  Brainiac-5 : It's done. Lex should be receiving lavish thank-you calls from the hospital any minute.

• Lena Luthor : I hear your foundation had a very charitable day.

  Lex Luthor : Turn on Channel 5.

  Brainiac-5 : [as she searches on her tablet, they see a news report about a fire at the children's hospital]  Oh, my god.

  Reporter #2 : Preliminary reports indicate that the cause of the fire was faulty wiring. When asked for comment, Lex Luthor noted that his sister, Lena Luthor, was in charge of all recent upgrades to the wing.

  Lena Luthor : [mortified]  He set fire to the children's wing of the hospital just to get revenge on me.

• Alex Danvers : Okay, we need to contain them before they get to J'onn and M'gann.

  Brainiac-5 : The kinetic inhibitor isn't ready. We can't get close enough to restrain them. It's too risky

  Lena Luthor : My portal watch, I can re-route the exit coordinates to transport the Phantoms to a sub-containment unit from a safe distance. I just need something to draw them all to the same point.

  Alex Danvers : Or someone.

• Lena Luthor : He's a maniac. I mean, this is just sport to him. It's just another way to beat me. I hate him. So much. I hate his face. I hate his voice. I hate his suits, I hate his never-ending games of depravity. I wish he would just die. I wish we could kill him.

  Brainiac-5 : We should kill him. We can craft the perfect murder. First, with just the tiniest re-wiring of his home, we can deliver a near-fatal electric blow. He'll be paralyzed, but he'll still be aware of what's happening to him. From there, we'll finish him. You choose the method, he's your brother. But just make it slow, okay? After that, we'll dismember the body and scatter the pieces across the universe. I know exactly which planets have atmospheres with pressures high enough to decompose carbon in an instant. This time, there will be no Lex resurrection.

  Lena Luthor : Brainy, stop. Okay? We can't kill Lex.

  Brainiac-5 : Why not? You... you just suggested it. Lena, you've already done it.

  Lena Luthor : Brainy, it turned me into the darkest version of myself. I know it's hard, but you-you can't go down this dark path, okay? You're a good person.

  Brainiac-5 : Then what do we do? What do we do? What am I supposed to do? Ever since I removed my personality inhibitors, I... I have been overwhelmed by the depth of my emotions. The rage? It's... it's always there. Seeping out, burning me like acid, and... all I want to do is help you destroy him, Lena. I... I need to destroy him. And if I can't do that, then... how do I make these feelings go away?

  Lena Luthor : Brainy, we were wrong. You-you can't put your emotions into little boxes. They'll eat away at you until there's nothing left. And I know it's hard, but you have to embrace that. It's okay to feel rage. You just gotta let it out and then let it go.

  Brainiac-5 : [trying to work, he angrily throws his tablet to the ground with a scream]  I hate him! I hate him! And I'm... I miss her.

  Lena Luthor : [taking his hands]  Hey. Me, too.

• Alex Danvers : Hey, thanks for coming. We need all hands on deck for this.

  Kelly Olsen : Of course. I brought the Obsidian Neuro-Imager you asked for.

  J'onn J'onnz : Thank you, Kelly. Think of what we're about to do as a soul transfusion. First, we'll need a Sacred U'ra'er'run. It's used for spiritual rituals in Mars. This one's been in my family for centuries.

  Lena Luthor : How does it work?

  Brainiac-5 : In theory, the U'ra'er'run will act as a conductor. A modified Fal-Tor-Pan, as it were.

  [seeing Lena's blank stare] 

  Brainiac-5 : Star Trek III: The Search for Spock? It'll allow us to re-fuse J'onn's piece of M'gann's soul to her body.

  Alex Danvers : And, Kelly, you'll neuro-image M'gann, make sure she's safe during the transfer.

  Kelly Olsen : Okay.

  J'onn J'onnz : Brainy will man the U'ra'er'run, while I cleave M'gann's soul from mine. I'll then transfer it into here to complete the process.

  Alex Danvers : The transfusion has to happen at the exact moment M'gann's soul leaves her body, but before she starts to turn.

  J'onn J'onnz : If we miss this window, she will be lost.

  Brainiac-5 : [an alarm sounds and a window freezes over]  The temperature inside the tower just plummeted.

  Lena Luthor : It's the Phantoms. They must have followed the others here.

  J'onn J'onnz : I've got M'gann. You take care of those Phantoms.

• Lena Luthor : You put children in danger just to get back at me.

  Lex Luthor : Lena. Are you gonna shoot me? Again?

  Lena Luthor : You know, I've thought about it, very seriously, but last time I did that, it didn't change anything. 'Cause look at us. Here we are, back in our same pattern, locked in this endless game of cat and mouse that you love so much.

  Lex Luthor : You love it, too. You just hate losing.

  Lena Luthor : Well, you can't lose if you don't play. I'm leaving LuthorCorp. For good.

  Lex Luthor : You can't leave. Who'll "protect" this place from the "monster" that is Lex Luthor?

  Lena Luthor : Honestly? Your own hubris. Left to your own devices, you'll self-destruct. You always do.

  Lex Luthor : You're just upset about the kids. You're not thinking straight.

  Lena Luthor : I've never been more clear. Fighting with you has brought me nothing but misery. And washing your toxic behavior out of my life, I'll be free. I can finally be happy.

  Lex Luthor : I don't believe you. This is just another move.

  Lena Luthor : I promise you, it's not. I'm done playing games. I called the D.A. and made a deal. I leave LuthorCorp and he'll drop the investigation.

  Lex Luthor : You do realize you won't get a penny from the company after you leave. Everything you've worked for will be gone.

  Lena Luthor : Goodbye, Lex.

  Lex Luthor : You can't just walk away. You hate me too much.

  Lena Luthor : I do hate you. I just love me more.