Supergirl (TV Series)

Parasite Lost (2018)

Melissa Benoist: Kara Danvers, Supergirl, Kara Zor-El

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• [first lines] 

  Alex Danvers : [top of CatCo building]  You know, the last time I was on this rooftop, it was like an aerial junkyard. Shards of glass, rusty bikes, abandoned appliances.

  Kara Danvers : Apparently that was the last time anyone was up here, until yesterday.

  J'onn J'onzz : You mean you planted this garden by yourself in one day?

  Kara Danvers : Well, superspeed helps.

• Alex Danvers : It's nice to see you so happy, Kara.

  Kara Danvers : Well, the sun is shining, the... look, the Dar-Essa flower is even blooming. What is there to be upset about?

  Alex Danvers : Um, Haley starts working full-time at the DEO tomorrow.

  Kara Danvers : Got it. That's... that's a good reason.

• Lena Luthor : So, Brainy's drunk.

  Kara Danvers : Oh!

  Lena Luthor : He thought the mojitos were a vegetable juice.

  Nia Nal : [entering]  Did someone say mojitos at brunch? Sounds like my kind of party.

• Querl Dox : One of my superior capabilities is recovering from alcohol libation with remarkable speed. Are there any scones left?

  [noticing Nia] 

  Querl Dox : Nia Nal!

  Kara Danvers : You two know each other?

  Nia Nal : Well, we met once at a pizza place. You know, you never found me.

  Querl Dox : But of course I did. Your address is 775 Gladiola Drive, second floor corner apartment. Your phone number is 555-8010. You stop at Bob's Diner every morning and order an extra super large coffee, milk. No sugar.

  Alex Danvers : Okay. Yes, that... he's not nearly as stalkery as that all just came out as.

  Nia Nal : Well, why didn't you call?

  Querl Dox : You told me to find you, not call you.

• Kara Danvers : You've declined interviews for decades, but you've graciously agreed to speak with me today. Why now?

  Amadei : I see what is happening to our country. Divisiveness and discrimination. If we want to fight prejudice, people need to know about who we are as aliens and what we do. To lead as an example for others, I must be seen. It's not comfortable to me. But comfort is not my priority right now.

  Kara Danvers : Well, I'm sure your example will inspire many. You've saved countless lives with your gift. Is it true your healing abilities don't work on humans?

  Amadei : As of yet, my frequency cannot reach humans. But it is my greatest wish to heal the human heart.

• Supergirl : [facing off with Jensen]  Why don't you pick on someone your own shape?

  [he catches her thrown punch and begins to absorb her powers; as she falls to the ground, he fires her heat vision at her] 

  Supergirl : [covering herself with her cape]  Alex, it's not just Jensen. He's been infected by Parasite.

• Alex Danvers : Hey, what are you doing? You should be resting.

  Supergirl : You know, when I made a toast to the sunshine, I didn't realize how apt that was. But I'm fully charged from the sunlamps, and I'm ready to get out there and take down Parasite.

  [seeing her face] 

  Supergirl : I'm not going out there, am I?

  Alex Danvers : We both know the danger that Parasite poses.

  Supergirl : That he can kill me and get supercharged at the same time? Yes, I-I get it. But that doesn't mean I don't wanna go out there and fight him.

  Alex Danvers : I know you're frustrated by this.

  Supergirl : No, no. It's okay, Alex, since most people only have one way to fight for justice. But luckily, I have two.

  Alex Danvers : Power of the press.

  Supergirl : I'll write and file my article, but if there's any other situation, alien or otherwise...

  Alex Danvers : I know who to call.

• J'onn J'onzz : [seeing Amadei is sick]  My god.

  Cassian : I gave him tea, as always, last night before bed. I retired to my chamber. This morning when I came to wake him, the amulet was gone.

  Kara Danvers : [entering]  J'onn? I came as soon as I got your message. What happened?

  J'onn J'onzz : He's dying, Kara.

• Cassian : He cannot survive without the amulet.

  Kara Danvers : We should call the police.

  Cassian : No. Our community doesn't trust the police. There's too much prejudice against us right now, but... J'onn, I have been told by many people that you have a gift for solving crimes.

  J'onn J'onzz : Would it be all right if I tried to read Amadei's mind?

  Cassian : Of course.

  J'onn J'onzz : [seeing Amadei's memory]  Who was that girl?

  Cassian : No one I recognize.

  Kara Danvers : What does it mean, J'onn?

  J'onn J'onzz : It's possible that she was the last person who saw him. That she cut out the amulet.

  Kara Danvers : Well, how do we identify her?

• Elizabeth's Mother : What the hell are you doing in my house?

  J'onn J'onzz : Don't be alarmed. I'm not here to hurt you.

  Elizabeth's Mother : Elizabeth! Call the police.

  Elizabeth Hawkings : Get away from my mother!

  Kara Danvers : No, he's not gonna hurt her.

  Elizabeth Hawkings : You know him?

  Elizabeth's Mother : And who are you?

  Elizabeth Hawkings : Both of you, get out.

• J'onn J'onzz : Elizabeth Hawkings, we have reason to believe you may have seen Amadei Derros last night.

  Elizabeth Hawkings : Amadei Derros? Why would I have seen him? I don't know him.

  Kara Danvers : He was attacked last night. Someone took an amulet that keeps him alive.

  Elizabeth's Mother : My daughter would never attack anyone.

  Elizabeth Hawkings : I was at work all night, and then I went home with my boyfriend.

  J'onn J'onzz : You were the last person on Amadei's mind before he was attacked.

  Elizabeth Hawkings : That's impossible. I promise you. Amadei Derros would never have thought about me. He's my father, and I've never even met the man.

• Kara Danvers : Amadei is your father?

  Elizabeth's Mother : Deadbeat father. He's never even seen her. He and I had a one-night stand a million years ago. I thought we had a connection, but when I told him I was pregnant, he shut the door in my face. He said he'd never even acknowledge the child.

  J'onn J'onzz : But he did think about her.

  [to Elizabeth] 

  J'onn J'onzz : You were at the forefront of his mind.

  Elizabeth Hawkings : Well, it must have been somebody else. I wrote him every year. Sent him... photos, drawings. Even a... a stupid book report in the ninth grade. He never responded. I'm no one to him.

  Elizabeth's Mother : Look what you've done. Dredging him up. I want you out.

  J'onn J'onzz : I'm sorry.

  [to Elizabeth, as he turns to leave] 

  J'onn J'onzz : He was thinking of you. Somehow, you're connected to what's happened to him.

• J'onn J'onzz : Word has spread about Amadei's attack. There's a vigil forming outside his home.

  Alex Danvers : [entering with pizza in hand]  All right, I've got pepperoni and mushroom.

  Kara Danvers : Alex, what are you doing here? What's going on with Jensen?

  Alex Danvers : Um... he's gone quiet. Which is unsettling, I know, but it gave me enough time to get some sustenance for you both. Kara texted me about what happend, and I'm sorry about your friend, J'onn.

• Kara Danvers : I made a tactical mistake in my reporting.

  Alex Danvers : What are you talking about?

  Kara Danvers : I was so certain Amadei was a great man. I published this glowing article making him out to be a saint. But if I dug a little deeper, I may have discovered how flawed he is.

  J'onn J'onzz : How would that information have changed anything, Kara?

  Kara Danvers : My portrait of him as immaculate may have put a target on his back. I always try to believe of the best in people, and so much of the time, it just seems to make things worse.

  Alex Danvers : Kara, I usually expect the worst in people, and... I mean, that's no better. I was convinced for sure that Haley was gonna be a monster, but instead she's been very reasonable and deeply supportive.

• Kara Danvers : We started with the assumption that Amadei was spotless. Let's retrace our steps.

  J'onn J'onzz : Amadei hasn't given an interview in over twenty years. But let's see what he said the last time he did speak to the press.

  Kara Danvers : [running a search on her laptop]  Okay... Alexis Nexus. Wow, Amadei gave lots of interviews then, over the course of many years. And look who's next to him in all of them.

  J'onn J'onzz : [recognizing pictures of Elizabeth's mother]  A woman who claimed to have met him only once.

• J'onn J'onzz : The image in Amadei's mind came from Elizabeth's letters to her father. He wrote back, didn't he?

  Elizabeth's Mother : After you two left, she tore the house apart, found where I hid his letters. She said that I betrayed her. I made her deny the alien part of her, which made her feel like even more of an outcast. The Children of Liberty are right. All roaches do is bring misery.

  Kara Danvers : What are you saying? Who are the Children of Liberty?

  Elizabeth's Mother : A group of people who know our country is overrun with aliens, and it's time to fight back. They needed help online, I answered.

  Kara Danvers : We need the amulet. You will only hurt your daughter more if you let her father die.

  Elizabeth's Mother : No, I-I gave it to a Child of Liberty.

  J'onn J'onzz : For what?

  Elizabeth's Mother : To give it to a human who can take away a roach's power. Turn it into a husk.

  Kara Danvers : [quietly]  Jensen.

• Kara Danvers : Alex, the amulet. Elizabeth's mother stole it. She gave it to Jensen so he could keep the powers he's been taking.

  Alex Danvers : How did the mom even know?

  Kara Danvers : She found it on the Dark Web. A group called Children of Liberty?

  Querl Dox : An alien-absorbing human with an agenda to kill as many aliens as possible, and absorb as many powers as possible, thereby making himself invincible. I believe the most logical place for him to show up next would be...

  Alex Danvers : Amadei's vigil.

  Kara Danvers : [glancing at J'onn]  We're on our way.

• Kara Danvers : Alex, we're here. I don't see Jensen. But there's some sort of disturbance.

  Alex Danvers : All right, I can see a purple glow. Jensen's somewhere in the middle of the black. All right, agents, get into position.

• Querl Dox : Jensen has overloaded the dome. I'm re-configuring the power transits, but our matrix will collapse in two minutes, 47 seconds.

  J'onn J'onzz : I need to make sure Amadei is protected.

  Kara Danvers : Go.

  [J'onn leaves] 

  Kara Danvers : Alex. Alex, people are on the verge of stampeding.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : Supergirl? Are you inside that dome?

  Kara Danvers : [covering]  I... was in the neighborhood.

• Alex Danvers : Brainy, I need you to open a gap in the dome away from Jensen. I gotta get these civilians evacuated.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : Negative. Danvers, you need to focus on the target.

  Alex Danvers : I am. Supergirl will get 'em out.

  Kara Danvers : [getting into superhero mode]  On it.

• Kara Danvers : Elizabeth said that article I wrote on Amadei made her see him in a different light, understand the sacrifices he made.

  Nia Nal : That's fantastic. You moved her. So?

  Kara Danvers : So, I've decided to do a series of profiles called "Aliens of National City". We'll talk to a different alien every week, but not just the noted ones. They don't have to be saints; aliens are just as flawed as everyone else. But I-I think telling their stories, or all sides of them, can still help heal the divide in this city.

  [a little embarrassed] 

  Kara Danvers : That's... actually the first time I've pitched it to anyone. What do you think?

  Nia Nal : I think it's great.