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Samantha Arias : So you were a doctor before you joined the FBI?
Alex Danvers : Uh, yeah. I, uh, was gonna be a reseacher, so I had a job, actually, up in Seattle for a while. And then, uh, as it turns out, I needed a little more action than just a microscope and an Excel spreadsheet.
Samantha Arias : Well, thank you very much for doing this.
Alex Danvers : You're sure it's okay that we use the L-Corp lab?
Samantha Arias : I am. No one will be here for a while. Sorry, I just don't like hospitals. Hate being sick. Hate tests.
Alex Danvers : Well, MRIs don't hurt.
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Samantha Arias : So, I looked up my symptoms. Memory loss, headaches, it could be really bad. Like, brain tumor bad. ALS.
Alex Danvers : You know what else causes memory loss? Caffeine withdrawal. Yikes.
Samantha Arias : [quietly] Right.
Alex Danvers : Which is why we're taking pictures. Okay? We're gonna find out what's going on, and when we do, we're gonna deal with it. Whatever it is.
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Alex Danvers : Your being sick isn't a burden to anyone. Lena might be your boss...
[taking a blood draw and handing Sam a cotton swab]
Alex Danvers : Hang on to that. But she's also your friend. So maybe you should try letting her in.
Samantha Arias : Alex, I've handled everything on my own since I was sixteen. Ruby, college, work, everything. Been white-knuckling my whole life. It's bad enough I included you in all these problems. So, I'm... I'll be fine.
Alex Danvers : I know what it's like to be afraid to let other people in. I have always been used to dealing with things in my life on my own. So, after Maggie and I broke up, uh... the thought of talking about it was terrifying. But Kara, being Kara, she wouldn't let me shut down. She... forced me to let her in so that we could figure things out together. That's the only way that I'm getting through any of this. And I am not about to let you make the same mistake that I almost made.
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Samantha Arias : When Ruby was first born, the nurse handed her to me in the hospital, and she wrapped her tiny hand around my finger, and I just stared at her in awe. And I swore that I would always protect her, no matter what. So, my greatest fear... is that something will happen to me and I won't be around to protect her. All Ruby has is me. So if I'm not here... if I'm not around, then what will happen to her? I'm *scared*.
Kara Danvers : But we're your family. And we're Ruby's family, too.
Lena Luthor : And that little girl has got the fiercest mama on the planet.
Alex Danvers : And you got to remember you're not alone.
Samantha Arias : You have no idea what that means to me.
Kara Danvers : Well, good, because all we have to focus on now is getting you better.
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Samantha Arias : So, what do you see?
Alex Danvers : Nothing.
Samantha Arias : Is that a good thing?
Alex Danvers : Well, it's neither good nor bad. It just means that whatever's causing the blackouts isn't showing up on the images.
Samantha Arias : Okay. So where do we go from here?
Alex Danvers : We send the images to an expert along with some blood work.
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Alex Danvers : Are you okay? What are you thinking?
Samantha Arias : Yeah, I'm just tired of all the lying. Lies to Lena about my whereabouts, about the press conferences and the board meetings, and the earnings calls, and just all of it. I lie and I tell her that everything is fine.
Alex Danvers : I thought you told her about the work trip.
Samantha Arias : I told her that my adopted mother was in the hospital. So that's a lie on a lie on a lie.
Alex Danvers : So, maybe it's time for some truth.
Samantha Arias : The truth is that I'm becoming a burden. To Lena. To L-Corp. To you. To my friends. To my daughter. I don't wanna be that person.
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Alex Danvers : Okay, so, all the test results came back clear. No tumor, no blood disorders, nothing. You as healthy as an Olympic athlete.
Samantha Arias : [mildly depressed] Really?
Kara Danvers : Sam, this is a really good thing. All of the worst possibilites have been ruled out.
Samantha Arias : No, I know. I know. It's just... I mean, if it's nothing, then what's happening to me?
Alex Danvers : We'll figure it out, okay? I promise. But for right now, just take the good news.
Lena Luthor : Alex is right. Go home to Ruby, enjoy the now. Every second of this is important to you, and it's important to your daughter.
Samantha Arias : Okay. No, yeah, you're right. Um... thank you, guys. I honestly... I don't know how I lived my life without you guys. Thanks.
Alex Danvers : [Sam leaves] I'll figure it out.
Lena Luthor : We all will.
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Kara Danvers : Sam, I'm so sorry you've been going through this.
Lena Luthor : I wish you'd have come to us sooner. You shouldn't have had to go through this alone.
Samantha Arias : I know. I'm... I'm sorry I didn't. I... I've always had to take care of myself, you know, and I guess I was just afraid that if I let you in, you know, let myself feel vulnerable, I would completely fall apart.
Kara Danvers : Yeah, but falling apart is okay. 'Cause you'd have us to pick up the pieces.
