Onward! For the glory of Darkseid and Apokolips!
“Legacy” · Season 4, Episode 2
In this episode: Superman (7), Darkseid (4), Lois Lane (2), Lex Luthor (2), Mercy Graves (1), Supergirl (1)
He's a completely different person.
Soon to be a very dead one. I don't know what twist of fate caused this change, but Superman's handed us the perfect opportunity to destroy him. I intend to exploit it.
You wear my shield but stand against me? Then die!
So it ends like this.
Don't think of it as an end, Superman. My biotech people will spend years studying your carcass. I'm certain it will be a most profitable endeavor.
Have you ever tried to get a story out of the military? I figured it'd be easier to go straight to the source.
YOU DARE STRIKE ME?!
[after Kalibak is easily beaten by Superman] I can't believe he's blood.
You used me.
I told you once, Superman: If you would not be my knight, you would be my pawn.
I see you're a man of your word.
I am many things, Kal-El. You couldn't even begin to imagine half of them. But for now, I shall take the role of the executioner. A final gift, my wayward son: A fast death, infinitely preferable to the shame of returning to Earth. There, your legacy would be one of fear and distrust - a pariah desperately seeking the favor of a world that cursed your name.
[Punches Darkseid] That was for Dan Turpin!
Who?
The good man you murdered!
Had I known one human's death would pain you so, Kal-El, I would have killed more. And kill more I shall. Carry that agony with you to oblivion, Superman.
I am many things, Kal-El. But here, I am God.
[A nearly exhausted Superman is about to go fight Darkseid again]
Don't, Clark.
Kara?
You fight by Darkseid's rules, you're gonna kill somebody. And it won't be him. Let it go. Let's go home.
Home.
They're right. I did lose control and it scares me. If I can't trust myself, how can I win back the trust of an entire planet?
One person at a time. [Kisses him]
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