Supergirl (TV Series)

Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up? (2019)

Azie Tesfai: Kelly Olsen

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• Kelly Olsen : [while out jogging with Alex, there are a couple of military vehicles parked in the street]  Feels like I'm back on deployment.

  Alex Danvers : Hey, at least that's one upside to martial law. Maybe you feel like you're at home.

• Alex Danvers : I just don't wanna fail.

  Kelly Olsen : Why do you think you'd fail?

  Alex Danvers : My mom was, uh... she was incredible with me. I mean, she always just... hugged me when I cried, and she... fixed up my bumps and my bruises, and work on my science projects with me.

  Kelly Olsen : Hmm.

  Alex Danvers : And she made me feel so loved. And, you know, for a lot of my formative and toughest years, she did it alone. And she is the one that inspired me to think that I can do this on my own. But now that this is... I mean, it's right in front of me, and I'm just not sure I could even be half the mother that she's been for me.

  Kelly Olsen : Okay, look. I've only known you for a short time. But from what I've seen, you're the most nurturing person that I've ever met. You take care of your friends, your sister, you took care of my brother when he was in the hospital. And even me. Who you barely knew. You care too much to fail, Alex. I mean, you are gonna be an amazing mother.

  Alex Danvers : Did anyone ever tell you you should be a shrink?

  Kelly Olsen : Mm, once or twice. All right, give me the chocolate.

  Alex Danvers : It's all gone.

  Kelly Olsen : What?

  Alex Danvers : I know.

• Alex Danvers : When I left my fiancée, I, uh... it's hard to even say that. I felt like I would never heal. But then I did. And then, this... whole experience just feels like that wound just got ripped right back open again. And this time, I don't... I don't know if I can survive that.

  Kelly Olsen : Wounds heal.

  Alex Danvers : Into scars.

  Kelly Olsen : That fade in time. Some people leave indelible marks, and you get to wear them like a badge of honor of what you learn from the experience.

  Alex Danvers : Yeah? What did your scars teach you?

  Kelly Olsen : That there are always second chances. If you're brave enough to take the leap.

  Alex Danvers : That's easier said than done.

• Kelly Olsen : I was engaged.

  Alex Danvers : James never mentioned that.

  Kelly Olsen : Yeah, well, he didn't know. No one did. Because I was in love with my sergeant. And we couldn't be out while serving abroad.

  Alex Danvers : What happened?

  Kelly Olsen : She died while on patrol. And I couldn't mourn her. I was just numb. Alone in my pain. And I, um... I didn't face it until I was back stateside a few months later. I thought that wound would never heal. And then I got her farewell note. Service members send them sometimes before tours of duty in case they don't come back home. I never thought that I'd have to read hers. She said that she had every faith that I would find another person who would make me smile. And so will you. You will get a second chance at everything. Don't lose hope. Today, this is absolutely a deep wound. But someday, it'll be a faded scar.

• Alex Danvers : I mean, the world is completely upside down, Kelly. Lex Luthor is still out there and I'm the one who's supposed to catch him, and then there's martial law. I mean, I can't... how would I even get out on the street and get diapers?

  Kelly Olsen : I will find you some diapers.

  Alex Danvers : It's not about the diapers.

  Kelly Olsen : I know it's not. But you have to take a beat and breathe and look at the issues one at a time.

  Alex Danvers : What I really need is to be able to talk to my sister, and she's unreachable. She's in Kaznia.

  Kelly Olsen : Okay. If Kara was here, what would she say?

  Alex Danvers : Okay. If Kara was here, she would tell me... that this has always been my dream. And she would say that it's never gonna be the perfect time. And that despite villains on the loose and martial law, this is a gift, and it would be sacrilege not to accept it.

  Kelly Olsen : Sounds like you have your answer.

• Alex Danvers : You okay?

  Kelly Olsen : Got a bum knee.

  Alex Danvers : Ah.

  Kelly Olsen : It really sucks when your body starts breaking down, huh?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah, seriously. Sometimes I wonder when I can't run as fast as I used to, I'm like "Oh, right. I'm not 20 anymore." No one is spared.

  Kelly Olsen : James will be.

  Alex Danvers : Must be strange to have a sibling with superpowers, huh?

• Kelly Olsen : [overhearing Alex's phone call]  What is it?

  Alex Danvers : Um... I should... I should go home.

  Kelly Olsen : Are you okay? Who was that?

  Alex Danvers : That was the adoption agency. I'm gonna be a mother.

• Alex Danvers : Okay, well, this is the birth mother's file. It's got her story, it's got her medical history. Oh, my god. She's only seventeen.

  Kelly Olsen : Okay, take a breath.

  Alex Danvers : No, there's no time to breathe. She's already in labor.

  Kelly Olsen : What?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah. She hid the pregnancy from everybody.

• Alex Danvers : Usually, the birth mother looks at prospective parent profiles and then she chooses three. But in this case, since she's about to have the baby, she's only chosen one. And that's me.

  Kelly Olsen : Alex, that's incredible.

  Alex Danvers : It's insane. I mean, I have twelve bours to decide if I want to have a child and then get to Portsmouth where the baby is gonna be born. Look, I filled out the adoption application a year ago, and I haven't heard a single word since then. Not one word. And now, all of a sudden, I have twelve hours to make the biggest decision in my life.

  Kelly Olsen : Do you want to be a mother?

  Alex Danvers : More than anything. Yes. Of course. I... I mean, I left my fiancée over this.

• Kelly Olsen : Well?

  Alex Danvers : Well, she's only dilated to four centimeters, so we still have a while to wait, you know. But, um, I mean, she's... her vitals are good, and there's no signs of distress, and everything is just progressing normally.

  Kelly Olsen : Great.

  [seeing her look] 

  Kelly Olsen : Why do you look like it's not great?

  Alex Danvers : She doesn't wanna see me until after she has the baby.

  Kelly Olsen : That's understandable.

  Alex Danvers : Yeah, of course. Yeah, you're right.

  Kelly Olsen : Of course I'm right. Now, try to relax.

  [offering a candy bar] 

  Kelly Olsen : Eat some chocolate.

• Alex Danvers : What if my apartment isn't safe for a baby? You know, I mean, how do you know if you have lead-based paint?

  Kelly Olsen : That is a simple test.

  Alex Danvers : I've got wires everywhere. And-and all of my... all of my outlets are exposed.

  Kelly Olsen : Okay, that is totally fixable. And your baby's not gonna be crawling anytime soon.

  Alex Danvers : Right, but what if it, like, flings itself, like, into an outlet?

  Kelly Olsen : Do you hear yourself? Alex, you're just scared.

  Alex Danvers : I'm not scared. I'm terrified.

• Alex Danvers : That's pretty badass.

  Kelly Olsen : Yeah. Wait, but check out the jogging strollers. Maybe you could take the baby on a run. Look at that.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, that is definitely the way to go.

• Kelly Olsen : What happened?

  Alex Danvers : Um... the grandparents called up, um, a priest to talk... talk to the mother, and she ended up... she changed her mind, and she's gonna keep... she's gonna keep the baby.