Supergirl (TV Series)

Girl of Steel (2017)

Chyler Leigh: Alex Danvers

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• Alex Danvers : So, tomorrow Maggie and I are gonna go do the tasting for the wedding. Uh, three hours of hors d'oeuvres, and nothing but hors d'oeuvres. There's potsickers and oyster shooters, pigs in blankets. Did I mention the potstickers? Do you wanna...?

  Supergirl : Uh, if I'm not busy, sure.

  Alex Danvers : Well, we're all gonna meet at the bar beforehand, too, so if you want to...

  Supergirl : I'll try.

  Winn Schott : [watching her leave]  I mean, I thought it was bad when she skipped pizza night, but skipping free apps? I mean, come on. These are, like, the beginning of the dark days.

  J'onn J'onzz : Hey, come on. Grief doesn't have a deadline.

  Winn Schott : Look, I know, but I mean she goes from being little miss sunshine to... well, Alex, basically.

  Alex Danvers : What? I'm not like that.

  J'onn J'onzz : Come on, Alex. Your unrelenting seriousness is one of your best qualities.

  Alex Danvers : I'm not like that. I'm not!

• Supergirl : I should have cuffed him.

  Alex Danvers : You knocked him a hundred yards into the roof that SUV. Not to mention saving my fiancée and I.

  Winn Schott : Yeah, and that truck was full of aluminum tubing, right? Which doesn't really seem like much until you use it to build an illegal nuclear centrifuge.

  J'onn J'onzz : This is a big win, Supergirl.

  Supergirl : It's not a win until they're behind bars. Let's get this guy.

• Winn Schott : Hey, how much longer do we have to keep giving her space?

  Alex Danvers : I don't know how much more space I can give.

  J'onn J'onzz : As frustrating as this is...

  Alex Danvers : Beyond.

  J'onn J'onzz : ...we're not the ones who lost someone. I think patience is the least we can offer her.

• Alex Danvers : I have kept my distance, I have given you time to grieve without prodding, without making you talk about Mon-El.

  Kara Danvers : There's nothing to talk about.

  Alex Danvers : Without forcing you to go game nights or come to the bar.

  Kara Danvers : There was a burglary.

  Alex Danvers : There's always a burglary! But I have let it slide. Your pity party has gone on uninterrupted.

  Kara Danvers : My... my pity party?

  Alex Danvers : Who are you right now? Kara Danvers doesn't quit.

  Kara Danvers : She quits the things that aren't important.

  Alex Danvers : CatCo is important. You help people there.

  Kara Danvers : Not like Supergirl does.

  Alex Danvers : Kara Danvers...

  Kara Danvers : Kara Danvers sucks right now! Supergirl is great. Supergirl saved the world. So if I could choose to be her, why would I ever choose to be the sad girl whose boyfriend is gone? I don't like that girl, Alex.

• Alex Danvers : You've always been like a father to me, and, J'onn, I... I choose you to be my family. And I want, if you will, to have you walk me down the aisle.

  [he chokes up and tears start to well in his eyes] 

  Alex Danvers : Stop. Don't cry. If you cry, I'm gonna cry, and then everybody here's gonna know that we actually can cry. So...

  J'onn J'onzz : Uh... Alex, it would... it would be my honor.

• J'onn J'onzz : That's a high-pressure regulator. Aluminum rods were just a cover. That was his real target.

  Alex Danvers : What would DuBois need it for?

  Winn Schott : Well, he also stole a cloaking device from the Daxamite ship.

  J'onn J'onzz : And how exactly do those two things go together?

  Alex Danvers : With the regulator, he could stabilize the internal pressure of an F-18 or a B-52 to withstand the force emitted by a cloaking shield.

  Winn Schott : Wait. Able to retrofit it into a fully-cloaked aircraft. Our... our equipment would not be able to detect that. Not even Supergirl's x-ray vision could pick it up.

  Alex Danvers : He could drop a nuke from the sky and nobody in National City would even know he was overhead.

  Winn Schott : Until it was too late.

• Alex Danvers : You're not letting yourself feel anything. You're just bottling it up inside, and you are making bad decisions, and I am worried...

  Kara Danvers : If it were Maggie, what would you be doing? If the woman you are about to marry was gone forever, what would you be doing?

  Alex Danvers : I...

  Kara Danvers : You'd be at the bar, every night. You'd be a wreck at work. You'd be broken.

  Alex Danvers : I would. I would be. And it's okay if you are.

  Kara Danvers : I'm not. That's what humans do. And I'm better than that.

• Kara Danvers : Clark said it himself. The decision I made, he couldn't have made that sacrifice. But me, I couldn't have lived with myself if I hadn't. I will always make the decision I made. I am not a human. I tried to be, but I'm not. Kara Danvers was a mistake. So, uh, if you have an update about work, I'd love to hear it. Otherwise, uh...

  Alex Danvers : Bloodsport has the capability to cloak a nuke. We're thinking that he's gonna hit the statue unveiling at the waterfront. J'onn wants everyone there.

  Kara Danvers : I'll be there.

  Alex Danvers : [quietly]  Yeah.

  [turning to leave, she stops at the door] 

  Alex Danvers : Kara Danvers is my favorite person. She's saved me more times than Supergirl ever could, so just... think about that while you're trying to get rid of her.

• Alex Danvers : Call me selfish, but... I just... I really miss my sister sometimes.

• Alex Danvers : You quit?

  Kara Danvers : James has been making the rounds.

  Alex Danvers : He's worried about you. I'm extremely worried about you. Since when do you quit?

  Kara Danvers : CatCo isn't the point for me anymore.

  Alex Danvers : You spent years working your way up to be a reporter.

  Kara Danvers : And it was a waste of time.

  Alex Danvers : I would love to see you tell Cat Grant that.

• Alex Danvers : I know it hurts right now.

  Kara Danvers : No! No! You don't know anything. You've never had to make a decision like this.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, then tells me what it feels like. Please, just let... let me help. Let me help you get over him.

  Kara Danvers : "Get over him"?

  Alex Danvers : That's...

  Kara Danvers : He didn't dump me. I sent him away. And for all I know, he's...

  Alex Danvers : What?

  Kara Danvers : Doesn't matter.

• Maggie Sawyer : Do you not want to marry me?

  Alex Danvers : Of course I do. Look, I... I want to be your wife. I... I want to have a dog, I want to have a house, all of it. I just... I just don't want a big wedding.

  Maggie Sawyer : Why?

  [Alex is reluctant to elaborate] 

  Maggie Sawyer : Talk to me, please. You have to tell me what's going on.

  Alex Danvers : Because my dad won't be there. He can't come. He can't walk me down the aisle.

  Maggie Sawyer : You could have told me that.

  Alex Danvers : I didn't want to make a big deal out of it. I... you're already dealing with family issues that I can't imagine, so I just... I hoped that I would just... let it go.

  Maggie Sawyer : Look, I've had more practice at choosing my family because I've had to. And I think if you take a deep breath, you're gonna find your way out of this. You have so many people who love you. Just think how they can make our day good, and tell me how I can help.

  Alex Danvers : Okay. I can do that.

  Maggie Sawyer : Okay. I love you.

  Alex Danvers : You, too. Forever.