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Any luck narrowing things down?
I'm working on it.
Then why are you looking up Valentine's Day gifts?
I am 85% focused, which is the equivalent to a very capable CSI team. Now, I just have one other matter of importance to take care of, and once I do, I guarantee you 100% of my mind. Unless, of course, you'd like to help out? In which case I could stop multitasking sooner. I'm sure of it.
I hate Valentine's Day.
Look, you lost someone. I know how that feels. Let me help you.
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.
Long time, no see. Who's Clockwork Orange?
What's the line? "No man is a failure..."
"...who has friends."
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?
That's London.
And it looks like they stole the Crown Jewels to make a bigger statement.
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.
I won't let you keep killing people.
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.
That's impossible.
I have it on good authority.
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] Sorry, merry people.
Why should I believe you?
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 will do it for ya.
I've made up my mind. You can't convince me to change it.
I know you better than that. Just don't let him bring you down.
Manchester got you, didn't he? At the prison.
All I've wanted to do since my father died is honor him. Live by his example.
And you have.
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.
Are you considering picking back up the sword?
I made a personal vow I wouldn't take that lightly.
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.
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.
You will find clarity, J'onn. I know you will.
[watching Nia in a dream-state] Does it usually take this long?
The dreaming? Her handling of the dreamscape is getting faster, but the Elite could be anywhere.
Have you told her she doesn't have to wear the suit in private?
It's just a phase. I did the same thing when I became Supergirl. I practically slept in my suit. And, I mean, let's face it. The suits are pretty cool.
[venting about Lockwood's protection detail] I don't know what I should do. Especially when I should be out there tracking down Manchester and the Elite, who I'm pretty sure are still targeting him.
Well, I'm sure Supergirl will find them, and before that rally, so you don't have to worry about Lockwood.
Yeah, but how can I, with a clear conscience, protect a man who is causing so much pain in the world?
You're a hero, Alex. Heroes make tough decisions.
Well, that's not very helpful.
I mean, well, it's your job, right?
Right.
You keep people safe. And like it or not, protecting Lockwood at that rally will keep all of those people safe. Human and aliens.
[sighing in disgust] Ugh.
I thought that was good advice. I don't know.
Well, it is. It is. It's just exactly what Haley said.
In thinking of peaceful protests, might we consider the success of the Women's March, the Million Man March, the Freedom March?
Tiananmen Square, the Bonus March of 1932. For every success story, there's one of lives lost. This march is filled with nearly 1,000 aliens or alien allies, which fall under our protection. And if anything goes wrong, it's on us.
Nervous about covering the march
I'm fine.
No, it's okay if you are, Franklin. I mean, we are living in crazy times, right? It's just important to remember what we do here every day. Reporting on events like this, taking the risk to show all sides, and showing the humanity there, that's nothing less than heroic. I mean, think about it. You fight injustice with your fists, you can help one, maybe a dozen people. But good journalism, that can impact millions. It's why we became journalists in the first place, right?
What are you doing here?
We're here to show our support for the repeal of Alien Amnesty.
But that amnesty is what gives these aliens their rights.
Why should they get any rights? They're just here to hurt us.
They're not... look at them. They're not here to hurt anyone. They... most of them are fleeing war and violence, just like I did when I first came to Earth.
They're not like you. You're a superhero.
No, you're wrong. I am just like them.
"Against other things, it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death, we human beings all live in an unwalled city." Do you know who said that?
Please, Lex, you don't have to do this.
I'm doing this for us, for the entire human race. Listen down below. They're already cheering. And it was Epicurus, by the way. An aphorism 230 years old, and yet still as apt as ever.
You sound like a freshman philosophy major, and you're gonna kill millions of people. The world can't live under a red sun.
Neither can Superman. You see, sis, we as a people have become soft and fat, and stupid. [calls are made on a loudspeaker for him to surrender; he taps his watch, and an explosion is heard] Where was I?
My god, Lex, you killed them.
Oh, that's right. Uh, we must put faith in ourselves, but instead, we look up to him, with big, glassy eyes because we think he's invincible. But it's my duty to dispel the world of that notion. And when he dies, they will finally wake up and see him for what he really was, a false god.
At least he's a good man.
HE IS NOT A MAN! I was the man of tomorrow, not him! Not him!
So it's all ego, then?
[surrendering as armed soldiers enter] No, it's science. I want to see if the Kryptonian pretender can bleed. Even gods can die. You'll see. Everyone will see. And then, they're gonna thank me.
They call this a mercy furlough.
Thank you, officer. That'll be all.
They never let me out of their sight. As if I'd run away like a dog set loose from his leash.
Well, you would.
Of course I would. But I can't. I'm numb top to bottom. My guts are in knots, there's blood in my...
Okay, that's enough.
Lena, I'm so sorry this is happening, but you and I both know the limitations of modern medicine. I mean, even best case scenario would leave James paralyzed. Your serum could heal him entirely.
Or it can kill him. I can't summon a breakthrough through sheer force of will.
Then how is that every time I've seen you work under pressure, you have done exactly that? Lena, you have all of L-Corp and you have the DEO at your disposal. I mean, there must be some resource that you're not utilizing.
Did I ever tell you about my dog, Ignatius? Before you joined our family, he was my closest companion. And when I was seven, he had to be put down.
If you're gonna continue to compare James to your dying dog, I'm not sure I'm gonna be amenable to your point.
I wanted to be there for the procedure. But Mother insisted that I go on a business trip with Father. She thought I was being too sentimental.
That's our mom.
That's my mom. A trip with Father, that sounds like something that ordinarily would've pleased me. But on this particular trip, he brought a woman with him, and insisted that she go everywhere with us. [coughing] So, here I was, seven years old, dog dying, Father ignoring me.
Is there a point to this story?
At first, I swore to loathe this woman. How dare she take my father from me at the moment I needed him most? But I couldn't keep my promise. Because she was wonderful. She was so kind to me. On the day they put Ignatius down, she embraced me, and sang me this beautiful Irish song. By the end of the trip, I wished that she was my mother.
But she wasn't your mother.
She was yours. I want you to know with certainty that while I came from poison, you came from love. And if the rest of this family stands steadily in darkness, you will always fall into the light. I knew that from the moment I met her.
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