Supergirl (TV Series)

Far from the Tree (2017)

Floriana Lima: Maggie Sawyer

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• Maggie Sawyer : Eliza, the lasagna is incredible. Alex and I order in so much, I forgot what real food tastes like.

• Oscar Rodas : So, um, you're a homicide detective?

  Maggie Sawyer : Yeah. Among other things.

  Oscar Rodas : That cold case you cracked sounded very interesting, the Marshall murder.

  Maggie Sawyer : You know about that?

  Oscar Rodas : Well, I'm an old man, but I know how to Google. I follow all your cases. Tell me something. For eighteen years, they didn't have a single lead. How did you solve that?

  Maggie Sawyer : I went back to the scene of the crime, studied the ordinary details everyone dismissed, like you taught me. You used to say "The key to most mysteries is in the mundane."

  Oscar Rodas : You remember that.

  Maggie Sawyer : I remember everything you taught me.

• Maggie Sawyer : I told a girl at school that I liked her, and my parents found out. I came home that day; it was winter, and my dad was there with a suitcase. And he told me to get into the car, and, um... we drove in silence, and I just stared out the window looking at the icicles on the trees. And I was terrified to say anything, but finally I said, um... I said "Papi, what did I do?". And then he just looked at me with such contempt and said, um, "You shamed me." And then he pulled up to my aunt's house and left me with my suitcase. That was the last thing that my father said to me.

  Eliza Danvers : The only thing shameful about that story is how your father treated you, Maggie.

• Alex Danvers : You never told me the whole story about your dad and the car.

  Maggie Sawyer : What's the point?

  Alex Danvers : I want to share everything with you, Maggie. The good and the bad. I knew that he was hard on you, but...

  Maggie Sawyer : Look, before that day, he was the best father. I know he sounds like a monster, but... you just don't know where he came from.

  Alex Danvers : Well, it sounds like you still really love him.

  Maggie Sawyer : I don't know. I... I'm just saying that he didn't have it easy.

  Alex Danvers : Well, have you ever thought about calling him?

  Maggie Sawyer : Of course I have.

  Alex Danvers : And?

  Maggie Sawyer : My aunt told me that my mother removed every picture of me from the photo albums. They erased me. I... I don't need that.

• Alex Danvers : Look, what your family did to you was incredibly hurtful. But sometimes parents can do really stupid thing when they're up against something that they don't understand. What if you invited them to the shower?

  Maggie Sawyer : Are you kidding?

  Alex Danvers : Well, it's the perfect excuse to reach out.

  Maggie Sawyer : Yeah, right. "You kicked me out because I'm gay, but hey, come to my gay shower".

  Alex Danvers : It was a long time ago. Okay? The world has changed. Maybe they have, too.

  Maggie Sawyer : I don't think so. Babe, look, I love you, just please drop it.

• Maggie Sawyer : Hola, papi. Soy yo Margarita. Como esta? I'm living in National City now. Oh, tio told you. Yeah. Yeah, I'm a... I'm a cop. I like it. It's good. So, um... anyway, I'm calling because I'm getting married. No, it's, um... it's not a... her name is Alex. Anyway, we're having a party, a wedding shower, on Sunday and I, um... you probably can't make it, but I thought maybe I would, um, invite you. See, I'd like it if you came. Anyway, I hope you and mom are good.

  [bidding goodbye in Spanish, she hangs up; looking around, she sees Alex in bed watching her] 

  Maggie Sawyer : Why'd I do that?

• Maggie Sawyer : I wish you would have called and told me you were coming. I would have picked you up at the airport.

  Oscar Rodas : The bus was fine.

  Maggie Sawyer : Is mom...?

  Oscar Rodas : No, your... your mother isn't coming. She doesn't like to fly...

  Maggie Sawyer : Oh, you don't have to explain.

  [awkward silence] 

  Maggie Sawyer : Are you hungry? We... we could grab a bite.

  Oscar Rodas : That party of yours is soon, no?

  Maggie Sawyer : Well, in a couple of hours, but we have time.

  Oscar Rodas : I can wait.

• Maggie Sawyer : [opening wedding presents]  Alex, before I open this, I just... I want you to know that you are the greatest gift I could receive.

• Maggie Sawyer : You're just gonna walk out? After all this time, that's it?

  Oscar Rodas : I can't do this.

  Maggie Sawyer : Can't do what? Tell me, please. What exactly have I done that is so offensive to you?

  Oscar Rodas : You spit in my face.

  Maggie Sawyer : I spit in your face? For loving somebody? I can't... I don't understand. I... I don't get it.

  Oscar Rodas : I came to this country at nine years old. At eleven, I was working in a factory.

  Maggie Sawyer : Yes, I know.

  Oscar Rodas : Do you?

  Maggie Sawyer : Yeah.

  Oscar Rodas : Do you know that I was the only Mexicano working alongside a bunch of white boys? Do you know that they would wait for me at night by the road, and laugh and call me "wetback" and kick me 'till my ribs were broken?

  Maggie Sawyer : Dad, was does this have to do with...

  Oscar Rodas : With you being a lesbian? I worked to win their respect. Those same boys, when they grew up, elected me their sheriff. I endured for my children. So that you would never have to face that kind of hatred, so that you would belong!

  Maggie Sawyer : I am accepted for who I am. The world is different now.

  Oscar Rodas : Ha! They're building a wall to keep us out, because in their minds, we're nothing but rapists and murderers! The only thing they hate more than a Mexicano is a homosexual. The world is not different, my dear. Look, you can live any way you please, but don't ask me to witness it.

• Oscar Rodas : [at the bus stop, preparing to return home]  What are you doing here?

  Maggie Sawyer : [handing over his baby picture of her]  Came to give you that back. That little girl, so desperate to win her father's love. You left her on the side of the road. And all these years, I've been that little girl. Yearning for my papa to come back for me. Praying that one day he would see me and love me for who I am. Thank you for coming to the shower. You gave me an amazing gift. You showed me that I am not that scared little girl in that picture anymore. I am an adult woman, and I am happy in my own skin. And I am so fortunate that I am surrounded by people who value and cherish me. I finally understand I... I don't need you to see me or to get me or to even like me. I... I don't need anything from you. I'm already good. Goodbye, papa.

• Maggie Sawyer : You're all the family I need.

  Alex Danvers : I'm happy for you. And I'm glad that you're getting closure. It's good for you. And who knows? It might make you feel differently about things.

  Maggie Sawyer : Do you mean kids?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah.

  Maggie Sawyer : Sweetie, my not wanting kids has nothing to do with my parents or my childhood. My feelings for you are deeper than anything I've ever known. I can picture our life together. And it's full and it's rich, and... amazing. But there aren't kids in that picture. You're all that I need, Alex. I guess you gotta let me know if you feel the same way.

  Alex Danvers : I do. Of course I do.