Supergirl (TV Series)

American Dreamer (2019)

Chyler Leigh: Alex Danvers

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• Alex Danvers : [running tests on James at the DEO]  Heart rate is 186. His ICP at 22 mil, and his BP is 160/30 and rising.

  Querl Dox : EKG now erratic. Pardon me for stating the obvious, but I do not believe the extraction process is working. You're pulling plasma, not Harun-El, and you're exacerbating his symptoms.

  James Olsen : It's okay. Keep going.

  [Lena taps her tablet; James grunts in pain as his hearing is overloaded with stimuli] 

  James Olsen : Oh, god... okay. I'm fine.

  Lena Luthor : I'm sorry. I thought this would work. I took this AmerTek technology straight from Lex's cell and I followed the instruction plans from Eve's lab exactly.

  Querl Dox : In the interest of science, was that super hearing you just experienced?

  Kelly Olsen : Super-hearing now, too?

  Alex Danvers : It seems every panic attack is bringing out a new ability.

  Lena Luthor : I will fix this. I just... need to better understand this.

• Querl Dox : A mind palace is a hyper-real interactive space in James' mind. This device taps into James' temporal lobe, allowing me to map out his memories. Everything he experiences will be real and true. If James is able to identify and face his core trauma, he may be able to manage the attacks.

  Alex Danvers : Do we know why the Harun-El is making the attacks worse?

  Querl Dox : Lena's drug was designed to attack illness. In this case, it was focused on the PTSD, heightening what would normally be just a panic attack. And since the drug also gives you superpowers, the attacks were causing the powers to be uncontrollable.

  James Olsen : So you're saying even if I'm able to manage the symptoms, I'm still gonna have superpowers?

  Querl Dox : Yes. But you'll be able to control them. Now, shall we jump in?

  James Olsen : Let's do this.

• Kelly Olsen : Hey, thank you for being here. It means a lot.

  Alex Danvers : Oh, there's no place I would rather be.

  Querl Dox : There is an 86.7% chance that your core trauma has something to do with Lex Luthor. So we shall start by exploring that region. Are we all ready to begin?

  [everybody nods] 

  Querl Dox : Good.

• Alex Danvers : Brainy, what is going on in there?

  James Olsen : [he re-enters James' memory]  That's me.

  Kelly Olsen : [he wakes up]  What happened?

  James Olsen : I saw dad.

• Alex Danvers : His vitals are spiking.

  Querl Dox : Push through the memory.

  [he returns to real time] 

  Querl Dox : My connection's lost. I can't reach him. Kelly, I fear James' mind has merged with his younger self. You were there. You could tether him. Will you go in?

  Kelly Olsen : No. No, no, no. I-I-I can't.

  Querl Dox : He needs guidance. He will recognize you as his young sister.

  Alex Danvers : No, Brainy, it's too much to ask of her. Okay? There has to be another way.

  Kelly Olsen : [reconsidering]  I'll do it.

• Alex Danvers : I can't get ahold of Kara. Lockwood is heading to CatCo. I gotta get her and Dreamer out of there.

  Kelly Olsen : Wait. You're gonna be court-martialed if you try to stop Lockwood.

  Querl Dox : [approaching]  They cannot catch us if they cannot see us.

• Ben Lockwood : Dreamer, you are under arrest for using an illegal, seditious broadcast to incite violence.

  Kara Danvers : You're the only one inciting violence. We're unarmed.

  Ben Lockwood : This will be easy, then.

  Alex Danvers : [next to a fuse box]  Ready, Brainy.

  [she turns the power off; Kara and Dreamer use the darkness to escape] 

  Ben Lockwood : Where is she? Find her and detain her.

• Alex Danvers : I know how hard it is to see a sibling in pain. But you... you have to know that Brainy and I are not gonna let anything happen to James.

  Kelly Olsen : It's... it's not that. The memories are triggering for me.

  Alex Danvers : You mean James at your dad's funeral?

  Kelly Olsen : James wasn't at the funeral, Alex. I was eight. And it was the worst day of my life. My dad was dead. And my mom was so distraught that my aunts had to hold her up. I was scared that she was gonna die, too. James swore to me that he would be by my side. That everything was gonna be okay because we were gonna face it together. He disappeared before the service. And I sat there, alone, tears streaming down my face, staring at the door, waiting for my big brother to walk in and make everything... make everything okay. He never showed up.

  Alex Danvers : Where was he?

  Kelly Olsen : I don't know. I don't know where he really was. And look, I get it. He was a kid, too. But it is not a day that I am aching to re-live.

  Alex Danvers : I understand. You know, you and I are a lot alike. We're really good at taking care of other people, but not so good at taking care of ourselves. You don't have to do this. I can stay by James' side for you.

  Kelly Olsen : I, um... I actually... I think I can do it. Thank you.