Supergirl (TV Series)

Nightmare in National City (2021)

Melissa Benoist: Kara Danvers, Supergirl

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• Alex Danvers : Okay, I come bearing gifts.

  [handing out children's drawings] 

  Alex Danvers : This is for you. This is for you. And of course, last but not least, Supergirl.

  Supergirl : Oh, my gosh. My niece is one heck of an artist.

  J'onn J'onnz : I think you mean my granddaughter.

• Supergirl : Ever since I got back from the Phantom Zone, ever since Nxyly arrived, I feel like I have been one step behind on everything. And the stakes are so high, like, if we make one wrong move, it could mean literally the end of everything.

  Alex Danvers : We are not going to let that happen. We just have to take things one step at a time. And step one is you need to get your butt to that interview. We will take care of the nightmare creature. And step two, we need to take this freaking imp down.

• Kara Danvers : While some feel Corto Maltese is to blame for the recent hostilities, others say it's Kaznia's economic sanctions that started the tension. Will you admit there's some truth to that?

  William Dey : [with an exaggerated accent]  My opinion is not the issue. What matters is the actions of the countries involved. Next question.

  Kara Danvers : Uh... okay. I guess...

  William Dey : [normally]  Don't let them duck the question. Make them confront it.

  Andrea Rojas : [approaching]  William is absolutely right. Especially since I just arranged for an off-the-books meeting between you and the chief Kaznian treaty negotiator.

  Kara Danvers : What?

  Andrea Rojas : His other plans got canceled because of this ridiculous dome. Meeting's at 2:00 this afternoon at Noonan's on Main.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah, of course. Yes, I will be there. Thank you.

  William Dey : You really are having a day of days.

• William Dey : What they did with that dome was madness.

  Kara Danvers : What who did?

  William Dey : The Super Friends. I know they mean well and they're dealing with Nxyly on top of everything else, but, I mean, they did erect a dome over half the city without consulting anyone.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah, but there was no time to. That creature was gonna destroy a nuclear plant.

  William Dey : Of course. I'm not arguing that. But now I'm hearing stories that employees are being cut off from work. Parents separated from children. I just hope the Super Friends' recent success hasn't gone to their head.

  Kara Danvers : No, it hasn't. It hasn't. They can handle this. Just like I can handle you, President Zakharov.

• J'onn J'onnz : Is that the creature?

  Alex Danvers : No, that is a mob trying to escape the dome.

  [calling on her comms] 

  Alex Danvers : Supergirl, we have a situation.

  Kara Danvers : [at CatCo]  Where?

• Kara Danvers : Andrea, I'm so sorry.

  Andrea Rojas : Your contrition isn't important right now. What is important is that I was able to salvage your faux pas and convince President Zakharov and Prime Minister Perez to extend their trip by a day. Tomorrow, 12:30 at the Civic Center. Do not be late.

  Kara Danvers : William should do the interview.

  Andrea Rojas : What?

  Kara Danvers : I've given him my interview packet. He has background on both leaders plus the deal points of the peace treaty. I've delegated all my other articles to Franklin and Mackenzie.

  Andrea Rojas : Kara, what are you talking about?

  Kara Danvers : You were right, Andrea. I'm not... here. Not fully. And there's too much at stake for that right now. So, uh... I quit.

• Supergirl : No rest for the wicked, Nxyly.

  Nxylgsptinz : [AI]  Use the gauntlet.

  [Nxyly blasts her, Brainy, and J'onn backward with a blast of energy] 

  Nxylgsptinz : [AI]  Now use your dream energy hand to create the portal.

  [she does so] 

  Nxylgsptinz : Get into the dream portal. Hear that? Sounds like something's coming.

  J'onn J'onnz : [she jumps through the portal]  Nxyly's gone.

• William Dey : I think that is the fastest I've ever seen anyone watch a video.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah, it's 1.5 speed. It gets easier to follow once you're used to it. What's up?

  William Dey : Well, I heard about your scoop and I wanted to offer my services as a partner for mock interviews. Back in London, I was the Times' point man on Kaznia, but I also did a big piece on the corruption in Corto Maltese.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah, that'd be great. And I will take you up on as many practice interviews as I can get.

  [her phone chimes, and she sees a text from Brainy that Nxyly has been spotted] 

  Kara Danvers : Starting this afternoon. Because right now, I'm researching. That is the cardinal rule of interviewing. Research, research, research.

• Supergirl : I crisscrossed the dome a dozen times and couldn't find that thing anywhere. Please tell me you had better luck.

  J'onn J'onnz : Unfortunately not. It appears that when the creature goes invisible, its energy signature does, too. My sense is it's either scared or hiding.

  Supergirl : Well, better that than terrorizing the locals. And people seem to be staying inside, but who knows how long that'll last? We need to fix this now.

  J'onn J'onnz : Right.

  Supergirl : How's it going over here?

  Lena Luthor : Very slowly. When Brainy took Dr. Pavoni from the sleep lab to the hospital, he discovered that his device actually allows you to look into people's dream spaces.

  J'onn J'onnz : So Nxyly was able to piggyback on that to get back in the dream realm.

  Lena Luthor : I'm hoping if we combine the doctor's device with our portal technology, we can create what Nxyly did so we can go in after her.

  Supergirl : Nxyly tricked Nia to get out of the dream realm. Why would she want to go back in?

  Brainiac-5 : Because that's where the Dream totem is. Nia had a dream flash that led to her sister Maeve, who told her the Dream totem is in there. She texted saying that they're entering the realm now to go look for it.

  J'onn J'onnz : If Nxyly gets her hand on that Dream totem, she could access dream powers even without the other totems. That could make her unstoppable.

  Supergirl : We need to get that portal up and running fast.

  [her phone buzzes, and she sees it's William calling] 

  Supergirl : Uh, hey, William. Yeah, of-of course we're still on for the mock interview.

  J'onn J'onnz : Go. Go. Lena and Brainy can handle the portal. Alex and I will handle the creature. We'll call when we have something.

• Alex Danvers : Brainy just updated us. You're chasing a nightmare monster?

  Supergirl : Yes, and it's headed toward a nuclear plant.

  Lena Luthor : Bringing up the coordinates now. If it attacks the plant and the core is compromised, that entire area will be exposed to radiation.

  Alex Danvers : J'onn, can you calm the creature?

  J'onn J'onnz : [trying, it swats him away]  Nothing I can do is stopping it. It's almost at the power plant.

  Supergirl : Lena, what about something from your mother's book of spells?

  Lena Luthor : Magic doesn't work that way. It's a process and I'm still learning. I could try something old-school. When Lex was at the DEO, he developed a satellite-based force field that could wall off an entire city. I could bypass the satellite's security and re-route Dreamer's adaptors to the feed, and I could put up a dome that not even that creature could get through.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, but that'll trap that thing in with half the city.

  Lena Luthor : Do we have a choice?

  Alex Danvers : Supergirl?

  Supergirl : Do it!

  [the force field activates, and the creature tries to get through] 

  Supergirl : We did it. We trapped it.

  J'onn J'onnz : [it disappears]  Now it's invisible.

• Lena Luthor : When do Esme and Kelly get back from Calvintown?

  Alex Danvers : After the weekend. Kelly wants to give Esme the full Olsen family experience. So, catching fireflies, climbing trees, the enormous chili bowls. So if things stay as calm as they have been, I think I'm just gonna go back and join 'em.

  Supergirl : Yeah, I guess destroying the Hope totem and having Brainy hide the rest was the right move. And now I even have time for my interview.

  Lena Luthor : What interview?

  Supergirl : Well, you know Kaznia and Corto Maltese agreed to a truce last week. Well, now Prime Minister Perez and President Zakharov are in town negotiating the official treaty. And my sources have told me that things are getting tense. But then I remembered this interview Larry King did years ago with three Middle Eastern leaders.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, that was Arafat, Rabin, and King Hussein of Jordan.

  J'onn J'onnz : They called it "World Diplomacy Live." I remember that. Were you on Earth back then?

  Supergirl : No, I-I was actually in my pod, but I saw it. I just remember being so moved that a reporter could be a part of something so momentous. So I went out on a limb and asked Cat if she'd be willing to introduce me to the president and prime minister and she said yes.

  [cut to her in Andrea's office] 

  Kara Danvers : And now CatCo has the chance to do something just like that. A once-in-a-generation interview that will show that even in these contentious times, two enemies were able to cross the divide and come together and help the Super Friends, by eliminating both countries' threats and, most importantly, how when people really set their minds to it, real peace is possible.

  Andrea Rojas : Wow. That is inspiring. But not really interesting, is it?

  Kara Danvers : What?

  [stammering] 

  Kara Danvers : This could be historic.

  Andrea Rojas : Oh, I know. We'll hype it as our version of Oprah and the Royals. "Kara Danvers and the heads of state." We'll put it on all the platforms. Our foreign markets will boom.

  Kara Danvers : Okay, but I-I really think you're not getting this.

  Andrea Rojas : Oh, but I am. Tomorrow at the Civic Center, we will have a full crew to support your broadcast. Anything you need before then, you let me know.

• J'onn J'onnz : Governor, you're making a big mistake. If you breach the dome, the creature might run. And then we may never find it until it does who knows what sort of damage. We are on the verge of being able to send it back. Governor?

  Alex Danvers : [he hangs up]  What's up?

  J'onn J'onnz : Apparently, the governor has been liaising with the Air Force. In one hour, the LuthorCorp satellites that have been sustaining the dome will be shut down. A division of National Guardsmen will charge in.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, well, one hour is within the time frame that Lena said she and Brainy would be done.

  Supergirl : So we can still do this?

  J'onn J'onnz : Yeah.

  William Dey : [coming in]  But first, I think you need to do something.

  Supergirl : William, what are you doing here?

  William Dey : My contact at the Capitol told me about the governor's plan, so I thought I'd come here to get a statement that might help bring down the heat. The governor is scared. The people are scared. In the past few weeks, this city has seen buildings explode, giant cats, mass riots, and now a dome, with Nxyly and a nightmare monster. What everyone needs is to hear a calm and clear voice.

  Alex Danvers : William, J'onn and I are more than happy to make a statement...

  William Dey : Supergirl was there when the dome went up. The people need to hear from the Girl of Steel herself.

  Supergirl : [hesitant]  I don't have time to make comments. I'm sorry.

• Lena Luthor : Brainy and I refortified the hiding place of the Courage and Humanity totem using Coluan science and Earth magic. So even with the Dream totem, she won't be able to create the AllStone.

  Alex Danvers : Well, that's good. That helps on one battlefront. Now if we could just do something about the negative press.

  J'onn J'onnz : People just disagree with us sometimes.

  Alex Danvers : Well, this is true, but if we're gonna take on a threat as powerful as Nxyly, we're gonna need the public on our side.

  Lena Luthor : [seeing Kara on the news]  Speaking of.

  Supergirl : Citizens of National City, I come to you tonight with an apology. I know you have always placed your hope and trust in me. But now, as we face the alien you know as Nxyly, I fear I haven't always been able to deliver. And for that, I am sorry. But I give you my word... Nxyly will be stopped. No matter the cost. Because for me and my friends, failure is not an option.

• Kara Danvers : I messed up, William. Big time.

  William Dey : Having a dome over half the city has a way of disrupting plans. What can you do?

  Kara Danvers : I just feel like there's never enough time in the day to get everything done. And then when I am able to check everything off, I still... I-I wake up the next day and realize there's more to do. It just never ends and... I'm drowning. And I'm worried I'm bringing everyone around me down.

  William Dey : No. Today was a bad day. But you are allowed those once in a while.

  Kara Danvers : I don't know that I am.

  William Dey : May I remind you of something you told me Cat Grant once said? "You can have it all. You just can't have it all at the same time." So maybe ask yourself... what does Kara Danvers want right now? When you figure that out, all you need to do is not stop until you get it.

• Kara Danvers : [preparing for her interview]  Alex, any update?

  Alex Danvers : All good. We will have the portal powered up at the northernmost point of the dome. As soon as it's up, it should draw the monster here, and then we'll get it home before the dome goes down.

  Kara Danvers : [glancing at the news on TV]  Well, that's a problem because the dome is coming down now.

  Alex Danvers : No, hey, don't worry. We got this.

  Kara Danvers : [making a decision]  Not without me. I'm coming.

• Kara Danvers : [returning for her interview]  What happened? I thought you said they were late.

  Production Assistant : Not that late. When they couldn't find you, they left. Miss Rojas said she tried calling you.

  [as she sees she has missed calls from Andrea, her phone buzzes] 

  Kara Danvers : Brainy?

  Brainiac-5 : Supergirl. Nia just called. Her and her sister made it out of the dream realm in one piece. But Nxyly got away with the Dream totem.

• Andrea Rojas : Kara, you didn't show up for the meeting I arranged yesterday.

  Supergirl : I know. I know, I, uh... something came up and-and I had to cancel, but I-I let the negotiator know.

  Andrea Rojas : No, no, no, no, I-I don't want to hear excuses. Kara, you're one of the most talented reporters I have ever seen. So often, I give you leeway. I don't ask where you go when you leave the office in the middle of the day. I don't get upset when you disappear for weeks on end saying you're working on a huge story with Cat Grant only to return empty-handed. Because your work is usually flawless. But lately, Kara, you're not here and it's beginning to show. You told me that an interview showing these two leaders coming together peacefully could inspire the world.

  Supergirl : It-it... it can. It will.

  Andrea Rojas : Then start acting like it. I'll see you at the Civic Center in 30 minutes. Don't be late.

• Alex Danvers : What are you doing here? Your interview's in, like, less than an hour.

  Supergirl : I know. But that riot broke out last night because people are furious at being trapped inside with the monster. And after I broke it up, I couldn't not search for it.

  Alex Danvers : And?

  Supergirl : Still nothing. Where are Brainy and Lena with the Dream portal?

  Alex Danvers : Well, they figured out the interface, and they think activating it might function like a beacon, drawing the creature to it. The question is, will they be done before the Guard moves in?

  Supergirl : Did Governor Pena say if she would grant an extension?

  Alex Danvers : I haven't heard anything back yet.

• Brainiac-5 : Now that the portal's up, the monster should be drawn here.

  Sentinel : Do you see anything up there, J'onn?

  J'onn J'onnz : [in the sky, searching]  No trace of the monster, but the National Guard is on its way.

  Supergirl : [landing nearby]  Any sign?

  Brainiac-5 : [hearing thundering footfall]  I believe that is the creature.

  J'onn J'onnz : [as the creature turns visible, it heads towards the portal]  It's working!

  Supergirl : [seeing attack helicopters begin firing their weapons]  No!

  J'onn J'onnz : Stop this now! You're drawing him away from where he needs to go.

  Lena Luthor : [the helicopters' gunfire strafes the portal supports]  The columns.

  Sentinel : Yeah, I've got it.

  Lena Luthor : [Alex and Brainy try to keep the columns from falling]  Supergirl, I'm getting the portal back online. It's now or never.

  Supergirl : Now!

  [as the portal opens, she pushes the monster into it, and as it closes, Alex and Brainy let the supports collapse] 

  Lena Luthor : You did it.

  J'onn J'onnz : I'll talk to the National Guard.

  Supergirl : [seeing the clock on Lena's tablet]  Oh, no. I gotta go.

  Brainiac-5 : The interview.

  Sentinel : We'll talk to the governor.