Supergirl (TV Series)

What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? (2019)

Jesse Rath: Querl Dox, Brainiac-5

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• Supergirl : Kelex, this is Nia Nal. Give her anything she needs. And, uh, I think Lois already introduced you to Brainy, right?

  Querl Dox : Hello, Kleenex.

  Kelex : It's Kelex, Querl.

  Querl Dox : Don't you have to dust the cosmic anvil or something?

• 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?

• 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.

• Nia Nal : You okay?

  Querl Dox : That ring... was mine.

  Nia Nal : Look... if you've taught me anything the past couple days, it's that setbacks will make you stronger. It's not about how your ring was stolen, Brainy. It's about how we're gonna get it back.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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.

• Nia Nal : [blasting Hat with her powers]  Rad.

  Supergirl : Rad.

  Querl Dox : I built the gloves to harness raw dream energy. So, yes, it's quite "rad".

• 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?