Eliza quotes from Supergirl

Eliza

So, Mars... I have to ask, underneath it all, are you a little green man?

Hank

I'm a big green man, actually.

Eliza

Ha! And how are you able to change form? Is it an enzyme or some other chemical catalyst your body secretes that allows you to reorganize your DNA? And how do you adjust for the change in body density? How does your respiratory system process the increased oxygen and nitrogen present in our air that...

Eliza

What? What is so funny?

Hank

Like mother, like daughter.

Eliza

[comes to Alex who is working on the computer] So, what is it?

Alex

I've got the mainframe breaking down the virus on a molecular level.

Eliza

No, I mean I know you've been trying to tell me something.

Alex

Oh, no. No. [collects herself] How?

Eliza

Keeping a secret disagrees with you, sweetie.

Alex

This isn't like that, Mom.

Eliza

Does it have anything to do with Maggie? You mention her a lot. Oh, my beautiful Alexandra, why is it so hard for you to tell me?

Alex

I feel like I'm... letting you down. Somehow.

Eliza

Why would your being gay ever let me down?

Alex

You always wanted me to have a regular life.

Eliza

Alex, look at the life our family has led. Look at me, look at your sister. I don't think you believed that I ever expected you to have a regular life. You were always gonna be different, Alex, because you were always exceptional, and I love you however you are. Come here! [hugs Alex]

Maggie

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 "Papí, 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

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

Alex

[whispering] Yeah. [hugs Maggie]

James

I happened to meet with a regular guy, named Tom, who happens to be afraid of aliens and afraid of their capabilities and he feels inferior.

Kara

People can be powerful too. You and Alex are examples of that, James.

Lena

Yeah, but not as powerful as aliens. I mean, no matter how many weights you lift, you'll never be as strong as Supergirl.

Alex

No, but with technology, we can hold our own.

Lena

But what if we could do more? What if we could make people super?

Eliza

It's not possible. The biological processes that cause alien powers are incompatible with human DNA.

Lena

Okay, but just say we could, right? If James is right and people feeling inferior is what makes them join these hate groups, then we could just level the playing field.

J'onn

The last thing we need is a bunch of evil people running around with superpowers.

Lena

Okay, but evil people wouldn't get powers.

James

So, only certain people qualify?

Alex

And who would decide who gets them? They'd be playing God.