- Nia Nal: Did I cover okay about training and everything? Did I blow it?
- Kara Danvers: No, no! I'm still getting used to lying to Alex, too. And don't worry, you'll get better at the whole "sneaking out" thing. The key is subtlety.
- [the elevator doors open to reveal Brainy, trying too hard to look inconspicuous]
- Kara Danvers: Case in point.
- Nia Nal: Hi, Brainy.
- Querl Dox: [quietly] It's Barney.
- Kara Danvers: Barney?
- Querl Dox: Yes, Barney. Thought it best we keep a low profile, considering where we're going.
- Querl Dox: You have anticipatory dreams, I have differential calculus. Both are predictive, but...
- [blindfolded, Nia blocks the punches he throws]
- Querl Dox: ...we have to be adaptive, too.
- [they spar some more, and Brainy knocks her down]
- Querl Dox: I learned that from my friend Val.
- Nia Nal: One of your Legion friends?
- Supergirl: I've made up my mind. You can't convince me to change it.
- J'onn J'onzz: I know you better than that. Just don't let him bring you down.
- Supergirl: Manchester got you, didn't he? At the prison.
- J'onn J'onzz: All I've wanted to do since my father died is honor him. Live by his example.
- Supergirl: And you have.
- J'onn J'onzz: But I'm struggling, Kara. There's a duality in me that's at war. I want to be a man of peace, just like my father, but every fiber of my being is fighting against that. Being a Manhunter was part of my nature.
- Supergirl: Are you considering picking back up the sword?
- J'onn J'onzz: I made a personal vow I wouldn't take that lightly.
- Supergirl: Well, if you choose to join the fight to bring the Elite to justice, I'm sure your father would understand. Even M'yrnn joined the fight against Reign.
- J'onn J'onzz: Manchester is baiting me. We're connected somehow. I think he can feel the rage that lies within me. The rage born of the massacre of my family. One thing's for certain, Manchester was a test for me. But whether he's a test of my resolve or just a mirror showing me that I cannot walk my father's path, I just don't know.
- Supergirl: You will find clarity, J'onn. I know you will.
- Manchester Black: You could have just used the door.
- Supergirl: And you could stop killing people.
- Manchester Black: [gesturing for her to sit] Please, but no tricks. If anything happens to me, the Morae will start killing.
- Supergirl: So, what, we're just gonna sit here and do the diner scene from "Heat"?
- Manchester Black: Ah, no, no. Ah, Pacino, De Niro, they came alone.
- [Hat and Menagerie appear in a puff of smoke]
- Manchester Black: They're just for my protection.
- [Menagerie takes out the jewels they stole, and a ring rolls across the floor, stopping at Kara's feet]
- Supergirl: It's a little gaudy for me.
- Nia Nal: [practicing with her powers] Come on. No. No. No. No. No. No. Bad astral projection.
- Querl Dox: [she's forcefully thrown backwards] Hmm. You went behind my back. You took advantage of that simpleton Kelex. And now you're astral projecting. That jumps months of training.
- Nia Nal: I know, I'm sorry. I just... I move too fast 'cause that's what I do. I push myself and I take on more than I can handle. My mother always said it.
- Querl Dox: But that's what heroes do. Leaping before one looks is part of the job description.
- Nia Nal: It backfired.
- Querl Dox: Yes. But next time, you shall fire forward.
- Manchester Black: How did you know we were coming?
- Supergirl: Fish and chips and tracking devices.
- [flashback to their meeting in England]
- Supergirl: This ends now.
- Menagerie: You're still outnumbered.
- J'onn J'onzz: [Brainy and Dreamer enter] Count again.
- Hat: Who's this, then?
- Supergirl: You have the Elite. I have super friends.
- Kara Danvers: [showing James the article about Lockwood's presidential appointment] "An asset to this administration." It's unbelievable.
- James Olsen: Yeah, the president is making some very strange decisions lately. The Lockwood appointment, satellite.
- Kara Danvers: How do you...
- James Olsen: Brainy told me. We get brunch.
- Kara Danvers: Cute.
- Kara Danvers: My instincts were all over the place on this one. Didn't know which way was up. Still not sure if I do.
- James Olsen: Yeah, I know the feeling. I got this story I'm not sure if I should pursue myself. How'd you figure it out?
- Kara Danvers: Examined my motives. Made sure the decision I was making was for the right reasons and not the selfish ones.
- James Olsen: I guess that's all we can do really, right?
- Kara Danvers: [glancing at the Lockwood article] Yeah. Speaking of which, I've got another article to write.
- James Olsen: Type fast.
- Kara Danvers: Superspeed.
- J'onn J'onzz: It's been weeks. And now you agree to see me? Why now?
- Manchester Black: Well, let's just say prison has changed me. So, be honest.
- [referring to his dyed-purple new look:]
- Manchester Black: Whatcha think of the hair?
- Hat: So, what's important enough for you to jeopardize our thrilling escape?
- [cut to them outside]
- Hat: A bloody jacket? Why?
- Manchester Black: It's dashing.
- Supergirl: Long time, no see. Who's Clockwork Orange?
- Manchester Black: What's the line? "No man is a failure..."
- Hat: "... who has friends."
- Supergirl: [thrown aside by an invisible force] I thought we captured you.
- Hat: [a Morae appears] She says that was a different Morae. They all look alike to you.
- Manchester Black: There you are. Nice to finally meet you.
- Supergirl: Menagerie?
- Menagerie: [her serpentine symbiote rears its head] Thought you could cut the head off the snake. We're tougher than that.
- Querl Dox: [J'onn and Kara land in the Fortress] What is it? What's wrong?
- J'onn J'onzz: Pull up the footage.
- Supergirl: This is live. Rio.
- Manchester Black: We want to send a message.
- Menagerie: Low angle? Are you insane?
- Manchester Black: Every action has an opposite and equal, yeah? This "Earth first" Liberty crowd, they hurt aliens. And what, they don't think we'll hurt them in kind?
- J'onn J'onzz: That's London.
- Querl Dox: And it looks like they stole the Crown Jewels to make a bigger statement.
- Manchester Black: Why? 'Cause Supergirl says that's not the way? Supergirl's like a folk tale. In theory, comforting, noble. In reality, oof, ill-equipped and clinging to ideals of a time long past. When they go low, she goes high. We put them six feet lower. We're through giving these devils the benefit of the law. Supergirl's done. This is the era of the Elite.
- Manchester Black: Now, I flatter myself, but my guess is the Girl of Yesterday is watching somewhere, hands on her hips in the name of justice, or she can come meet me face to face. Dawn. Come alone. I hope you can make it. That's what you're all about, right? Hope? Now, for a commercial break.
- Kara Danvers: Hot off the laser jet.
- James Olsen: Uh, let me guess, this is your sixth article on Lockwood since he got out of prison?
- [giving the article a once-over]
- James Olsen: New angle?
- Kara Danvers: Nope. But people need to be reminded, you know, that... that he's a murderer.
- James Olsen: There's that.
- Kara Danvers: Feels like I'm screaming into the void, but...
- Alex Danvers: [entering] You wanna save that void screaming until after we eat? James.
- James Olsen: Hey.
- Kara Danvers: Lunch. Oh, my god, lunch. I totally forgot. Bad! Kara is so bad.
- Alex Danvers: Okay, you're embarrassing.
- Alex Danvers: Work has been crazy with Lena moving into the DEO this week. It's...
- [realizing the sore topic]
- Alex Danvers: That was... I'm sorry.
- James Olsen: It's fine. I... no kid gloves needed.
- Mackenzie: This came from a friend at NCU who applied for, like, a medical study a few months ago. He didn't get picked up, but...
- James Olsen: [she hands him her phone] That address is to an L-Corp subsidiary.
- Mackenzie: I know you said that my source for that last article was wrong, but you think it's worth taking a second look?
- Supergirl: Welcome to the Fortress of Solitude.
- Nia Nal: [looking around in awe] I mean, it sure beats the hell out of your loft.
- Supergirl: Hey! That place is rent-controlled. And this works great for training. Plus, you have Kelex, too.
- Kelex: I did not know we would be receving guests.
- Nia Nal: [in awed excitement] You have a robot?
- J'onn J'onzz: Look, you lost someone. I know how that feels. Let me help you.
- Manchester Black: You think I'm good deep down, eh? Well, it's a bad time to be a good man. Take you, for instance. If it weren't for your bloody promise, I believe you could solve all the world's problems. You just need... motivation.
- [behind J'onn, Hat shoots him with an energy weapon]
- Manchester Black: This is Hat. We go way back.
- Hat: 'Ello.
- J'onn J'onzz: Why are you doing this?
- Manchester Black: I wanted to thank you in person. I was thinking small. Hell-bent on getting Lockwood. Petty revenge. But I've got bigger fish to murder. And you can't stop me, old man.
- J'onn J'onzz: Don't do this.
- Manchester Black: Thanks for the chat, mate. Cheered me right up.
- Hat: Shall I teleport us out, then?
- Manchester Black: Ah, not yet. Gotta make another stop.
- Hat: I can't take us anywhere I haven't been before. We'll have to do it the hard way.
- Manchester Black: When's that ever stopped us?
- [as a group of prison guards approach, Hat pulls a sword from his bowler]
- Manchester Black: All out of guns?
- Hat: Thought you'd like something dashing.
- Manchester Black: You know all those alien-hating racists been comin' out of their hidey holes? We're gonna make 'em dead. Right, then.
- J'onn J'onzz: Manchester!
- [as Supergirl advances on them, the Elite vanish in a puff of smoke]
- J'onn J'onzz: I'm gonna find them.
- Supergirl: Not without me.
- Nia Nal: Brainy, you knew one of my descendants in the future, but you won't tell me a thing about her. But if I knew the full scope of what she could do...
- Querl Dox: Absolutely not! Nia, we could create a paradox, destroy the very fabric...
- Nia Nal: Fabric of space/time. Where have I heard that before?
- Menagerie: We are live from a secret army base where mercenaries torture aliens when they get bored. They killed four of ours, so we killed one, two... thirteen of theirs.
- Manchester Black: From now on, we terminate prejudice with extreme prejudice.
- Menagerie: Like and subscribe!
- Alex Danvers: We are trying to keep up, but they are just moving so fast. Outmatched by a freaking hat. I'll talk to the Joint Chiefs, see if they want us overseas.
- Colonel Lauren Haley: No, I'll handle that. I need to also make sure Ms. Luthor is settled in.
- Alex Danvers: I can take that off your plate.
- Eve Teschmacher: Where's the gel electrophoresis apparatus?
- Alex Danvers: Uh, that would be in that room, third cabinet on the right.
- Alex Danvers: Well, this used to be my lab. I'm glad it's in good hands.
- Lena Luthor: It's just for a couple of weeks. Unless you wanna change that combat suit for a white coat?
- Alex Danvers: So, you are... reducing mitophagy and... increasing mitochondrial efficiency at the same time. That would give muscle cells the potential to...
- [realizing]
- Alex Danvers: Okay, wait. That conversation at Thanksgiving, that wasn't theoretical? You're giving people powers.
- Lena Luthor: Management is such a waste of your talents.
- Alex Danvers: Lena, this is huge. And it's dangerous. I mean, we need to up your security. We need to make sure that your reports are put on a protected server.
- Lena Luthor: I'm not going to be writing any reports.
- Alex Danvers: What do you mean you're not? You made a deal with the government.
- Lena Luthor: The deal was non-reciprocal. It's for products, not procedures. Which is a good thing, because I don't trust governments as a rule.
- Alex Danvers: I'm the government.
- Lena Luthor: Well, I sure hope that's not true.
- J'onn J'onzz: You cannot trust him. It'll be a trap.
- Supergirl: Wouldn't be the first one I've walked into.
- Nia Nal: He didn't even say where to meet.
- Supergirl: That flash at the end of the message had an image coded in it. A map only I could see.
- Querl Dox: Superliminal stimuli embedded in structured light. I don't want to be impressed, but...
- J'onn J'onzz: Where does he want to meet?
- Supergirl: Manchester, England. Guess he wanted home court advantage.
- J'onn J'onzz: How long 'till dawn?
- Querl Dox: Three hours, 21 minutes, 15 seconds.
- Supergirl: So we wait. And then I'll deal with them.
- President Baker: [Ben admires a pen in a glass case] FDR's. Used it to sign the Labor Relations Act. Your dad was a union man, right?
- Ben Lockwood: Oh, yes, sir. Through and through.
- Nia Nal: Kelex?
- Kelex: Nia Nal, it's nice to see you without that bore Querl. This star has died. And there, a new one emerges.
- Nia Nal: So you know about this stuff. Other systems? Planets?
- Kelex: If I'm interpreting your intimations correctly, you seek information on your species. Shouldn't you ask your pompous Coluan friend?
- Nia Nal: Brainy wants to keep all that under wraps. But if I'm supposed to fight, I need to know what I'm capable of. The only other person who could've told me is... gone.
- Kelex: Your timeline is likely extra-Lorentzian, and not as subject to paradox as one might think. But there are still risks to divulging this type of information.
- Nia Nal: Well, Supergirl said anything I need, didn't she?
- Kelex: Those were her orders.
- Nia Nal: Then tell me about Naltor. Tell me about everything I can do.
- Supergirl: I thought you were all about your vendetta. Ben Lockwood, Fiona.
- Manchester Black: Why do you think I came here? Brought her things to her family. Lockwood's time will come. But this is about me and you. You won't join us, and I can't beat you, so let's make a deal.
- Supergirl: I accept your surrender.
- Manchester Black: Never, but I can stay out of your soup. Cat in a tree, idiot in tights, bank robbers, all yours. But the racists, the fascists, the Children of Liberty, that's our department.
- Supergirl: I won't let you keep killing people.
- Manchester Black: Oh, like your government intends to kill people? You really don't know, do you? Next week, your beloved government is launching a satellite that will shoot down any alien spacecraft trying to enter our atmosphere.
- Supergirl: That's impossible.
- Hat: I have it on good authority.
- Manchester Black: Hat kidnaps secret agent types, learns what they're up to. That's why we formed this band of merry men.
- [Menagerie clears her throat]
- Manchester Black: Sorry, merry people.
- Supergirl: Why should I believe you?
- Manchester Black: Talk to your mate, Baker. You know, the bloke who just pardoned the grand bloody wizard of the Children of Liberty. Ask him about Operation Claymore. And then ask yourself, what if it were your ship they were blowing up? You came here in a rocket. Child in a basket, you know? Real Moses stuff. Here's your chance to tell the bosses to let your people go. Or us plagues'll do it for ya.
- [they disappear in a puff of smoke; cut to President Baker entering the Oval Office]
- Supergirl: Mr. President. We need to talk.
- President Baker: I will not apologize for protecting my country.
- Supergirl: But that's why you have me.
- President Baker: That may have sufficed for Olivia Marsdin. Not anymore.
- Supergirl: Everyone involved in Claymore, everyone that works at that satellite base is at risk. The Elite are going to attack.
- President Baker: If I closed every military base that might be threatened, I'd have no bases left. And last I checked, I don't answer to you.
- Supergirl: Will you answer to your electorate the first time Claymore shoots down an alien ship that means us no harm? It's wrong. Innocent people will die.
- President Baker: Do not interfere with that satellite!
- Supergirl: This is a mistake, Mr. President.
- Alex Danvers: I didn't know you made house calls.
- Supergirl: Your place is great. I'm here about Operation Claymore. The president is planning on launching a satellite array that will blow up any alien spacecraft entering our orbit.
- Alex Danvers: What? The DEO is supposed to be the first line of defense against invasions. I mean, not some giant gun. Is that even legal?
- Supergirl: I don't know. But I do know it's immoral. But everything I do means something to people, so... if I stop the satellite, I'm aligning myself with the Elite. And then on the other hand, if I let the launch happen, what does that say to the Children of Liberty? Why does it feel like there are only two choices?
- Alex Danvers: And aren't you on your own side?
- Supergirl: Yes. Alone. Sometimes it feels like...
- Alex Danvers: Screaming into the void. That's something my sister said. Look, you can only do what you feel is right.
- Supergirl: Yeah. Come with me. Talk to the Marine Corps. You're the Director of the DEO; throw your weight around.
- Alex Danvers: If I show up, I would jeopardize my position and the whole organization would be at risk. I can't.
- Supergirl: I understand.
- Hat: I'm just saying maybe a prison dye job wasn't the best move.
- Manchester Black: Nor is base dealing, mate.
- Hat: [seeing Menagerie's look, he puts a card down] Needed a third king.
- Manchester Black: Gin.
- Hat: Thought you'd never ask.
- [he pulls a bottle of gin from his bowler]
- Hat: You called it. Girl of Steel went straight to the president. Idiot moved the launch up to tomorrow. Base is in Wyoming. Devils Tower.
- Supergirl: [surprised to see Alex at Devils Tower] Director Danvers.
- Alex Danvers: I did what I thought was right.
- Hat: [fighting Nia and Brainy] How'd you know where I...
- Nia Nal: Dreams.
- [he vanishes]
- Querl Dox: [catching his leg as he reappears] Differential calculus.
- [he throws a punch, and his arm disappears into Hat's bowler]
- Querl Dox: Where's my ring?
- Hat: Sleight of hand, fam like me, you see. I'm just a distraction.
- Querl Dox: [Hat disappears] Wait. Where's the Morae?
- Supergirl: Brainy, they started the launch. The controls are destroyed. I can't do anything.
- Manchester Black: [entering with Alex at gunpoint] Well, that was the plan, wasn't it?
- Supergirl: What did you do?
- Manchester Black: Picked my own target. 1600 Penn. The White House. Your government, on fire, hoisted by its own petard. As soon as it reaches orbit, it will fire. There's a reason it's called "playing God." It's fun.
- Alex Danvers: [disarming him; to Kara] Fly.
- Manchester Black: [as J'onn beats on him] Ah... there you, J'onn J'onzz. Nice to finally meet you.
- J'onn J'onzz: I know why you called me now. You have a death wish.
- Supergirl: How's your head?
- Alex Danvers: Don't worry about it. Just don't tell the president.
- Supergirl: You were never here.
- Alex Danvers: You did a good thing destroying that satellite.
- Supergirl: Well, I couldn't have done it without that suit. But the Elite are still out there.
- Alex Danvers: Oh, we'll get 'em. Um... look... officially, I know that we're not really supposed to communicate. And I'm not saying you can just show up whenever you want. But, you know, occasionally, from time to time, maybe, uh, we can...
- Supergirl: Kick ass the way we used to?
- Alex Danvers: Something like that.
- Supergirl: I would really like that.
- President Baker: That satellite array was created to protect Americans. Not to mention that it cost $2 billion! And now it's gone and here we are.
- Supergirl: Yes, here we are. As well as your staff, your loved ones. Thanks to me wasn't leveled by a weapon of its own government's creation.
- President Baker: Come on, you can tell me. Hmm? You hated that satellite. You're a superhero. There had to have been a way to stop Claymore without blowing it up. No, you did it because you wanted to.
- Supergirl: I assure you, sir, there was no other way.
- Alex Danvers: The next time the government institutes a secret extraterrestrial defense program, I would appreciate being part of the conversation. Operation Claymore should have been DEO purview. If I'm not briefed on matters of national security, then I can't do my job.
- Colonel Lauren Haley: Just a moment. I didn't know
- Alex Danvers: Sorry?
- Colonel Lauren Haley: President acted against protocol. I was never informed.