Supergirl (TV Series)

Of Two Minds (2018)

Melissa Benoist: Kara Danvers, Supergirl

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• Brainiac-5 : Winn, you're a slightly smarter-than-average human. Please tell us you remember who scratched you.

  Winn Schott : [gasps]  Oh! Well, there was the guy with the gloves, and the knives and then the burnt face.

  Brainiac-5 : Go on. This sounds like a very promising lead. What else do you remember?

  Winn Schott : Oh, so scary man. I couldn't even look at it...

  Alex Danvers : It's Freddy Krueger.

  Brainiac-5 : You know him, too. Eureka.

  Supergirl : It's a character in a movie.

  [Winn laughs] 

  Brainiac-5 : Facetiousness. It's my greatest weakness.

• Winn Schott : Hey, guys, I just got word from City Hall...

  [pause as he and Brainiac, who is masquerading as a human, stare at each other] 

  Winn Schott : Hey, Brainy.

  Supergirl : Wait, you recognize him?

  Winn Schott : Yeah. What is that, an image inducer? Eh? Ah, so our brains just think we're seeing a human, but no. Hey, can I borrow that for Halloween?

• Alex Danvers : [about an inexplicably dead pigeon]  Well, that was a very sick creature. And what's odd is that I can't find a virus or infection of any kind.

  Supergirl : Well, something must have done that.

  Imra Ardeen : The Blight.

  Mon-El : We went through this on Winath. The Blight is preceeded by mass wildlife death and plant life, crops rotting in the earth.

  Imra Ardeen : Soon it will manifest in people.

  Mon-El : It's a short incubation period. It's 100% fatal and extremely contagious.

• Alex Danvers : Based on my tests, whatever this bird had, it wasn't transmittable. Not even from bird to bird. So it-it had to have come in contact with Pestilence herself.

  Imra Ardeen : It might not be contagious yet, but if Pestilence gets stronger, even half the strength of the Blight, the entire city would fall ill in a matter of days.

  Supergirl : But we won't let her get stronger.

  Mon-El : Now, remember, the cure is written in our DNA.

  Imra Ardeen : With Brainy's help, we'll be able to extract it, weaponize it, and use it to kill Pestilence before she ever becomes the Blight.

  Supergirl : Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa. We're not killing anyone. We-we got too aggressive with Purity, and that's when things got worse. I'm not making the same mistake twice. There is a human side to Pestilence. We're gonna find her, and we're going to save her.

  Imra Ardeen : We came here to end the threat to our time. And that means ending her life in this time.

  Supergirl : It's just not how we operate.

  Imra Ardeen : That's not how I ususally operate, but these are extreme circumstances.

• Winn Schott : The mayor, the chief of police, uh, like, five city councilmen are all sick. High fevers, uh, bloody noses. So either it was sushi day at City Hall cafeteria or...

  Imra Ardeen : It's her. Let's go.

  Supergirl : What? Hang hang, hang on. Wait! We have sick people now. So let's go run some tests on them. Meanwhile, you guys extract the cure so we can give it to the victims.

  Mon-El : It won't take long on our end. So we'll meet up with you later.

• Winn Schott : Okay, so there was one person who came into contact with everybody who got sick at the mayor's office. Adelaide Swanson, an administrator known for her famous lemon poppy seed cookies.

  Alex Danvers : A Worldkiller that bakes cookies. That's unexpected.

  Supergirl : Wait, let me see.

  [Winn shows her Adelaide's picture, and Kara recognizes her] 

  Supergirl : Yeah. Yeah, I saw her at City Hall. She looked... well, she looked terrified. Just like Julia.

• James Olsen : How you doing, buddy?

  Winn Schott : You should be at CatCo.

  James Olsen : It's called delegation. I've got every reporter in the building working on this. Which... which actually reminds me, the city is pretty panicked about this. So if you have any information I can disseminate, that would be helpful.

  J'onn J'onzz : Doses of the cure are on their way to all the hospitals.

  Supergirl : And the Worldkiller is still MIA.

  James Olsen : Yeah, but now that Winn is infected, doesn't that give us another lead?

  Brainiac-5 : Yes. The scratch on your hand seems to be the point of infection.

  Alex Danvers : [slapping his hand away]  Don't touch that.

• J'onn J'onzz : You know, these days, I don't know what my father will remember. I wake up and have the same conversation with him every day. I keep at it because sometimes he remembers we've had that conversatoin before, and we actually laugh about it. I keep trying. I keep talking, so that he can find those moments of clarity. And laugh. Just because something's hard doesn't mean it's impossible. You break through impossible every day. You inspire the rest of us to do the same.

  Supergirl : You're a good son. And thank you.

• Supergirl : Winn and Alex are going downhill. With all the information we have, we have to be able to find something.

  Brainiac-5 : Well, I'm doing the best I can here. I followed Agent Schott and Danvers on security footage when they were at City Hall, assuming they ran into Pestilence, but they spent 60% of the time in blind spots. It's like they were trying to evade cameras.

  Supergirl : What about Adelaide?

  Brainiac-5 : I followed her like the others on every camera I could find in the city.

  J'onn J'onzz : Didn't reveal any suspects.

  Supergirl : What about social media?

  Brainiac-5 : [confused]  Social... what?

  Mon-El : In this time, a generation called millenials woud share their whereabouts with family, friends, and complete strangers on the Internet. It's a short-lived trend.

  Brainiac-5 : Sounds delusional.

• Imra Ardeen : I never told you what I saw on Fort Rozz, when Psi got into my head. It was my sister.

  Supergirl : I didn't know you had...

  Imra Ardeen : I don't; not anymore. Because of the Blight. Her name was Preya. She was quiet, and stuck to herself. But she always had my back. Then, one day she was gone.

  Supergirl : I'm so sorry.

  Imra Ardeen : I saw you with Alex today, holding your sister's hand while she fought the same disease my sister did. If I had just killed Pestilence, the Blight never would have happened. Preya would still be alive.

  Supergirl : I would probably do the same thing if Alex were gone.

  Imra Ardeen : You wouldn't. That's what makes you who you are.

  Supergirl : We're going to stop the Blight. We're gonna save your sister. Together.

• Supergirl : Where are we with the Worldkillers?

  Winn Schott : So, last time you fought Purity, we managed to identify the frequency of the waves she emits.

  Brainiac-5 : We put a tracker on that specific frequency which should alert us when it's present in...

  [an alert chimes] 

  Brainiac-5 : ...in the city.

  J'onn J'onzz : Already?

  Winn Schott : She's on the move.

  Mon-El : Hopefully with Pestilence.

  J'onn J'onzz : Where is she heading?

  Winn Schott : Toward L-Corp.

• Supergirl : [after talking to the mayor]  Did you see that mark on his hand?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah, it must not be airborne.

  J'onn J'onzz : Alex, check and see if any other patients have similar marks. I'll check the visitor logs.

• Supergirl : Hey, are you okay? Do you need a doctor?

  Adelaide : No. I'm not sick, just scared.

  Supergirl : Everything's gonna be okay.

• Winn Schott : Okay, so, mean doctor says we have to lift the quarantine.

  Alex Danvers : She's not mean, she's just serious. And she's correct. If the same thing that happened to the birds happens to these patients, they could descend into catastrophic organ failure.

  J'onn J'onzz : There's a possibility that Pestilence is still here.

  Alex Danvers : Mon-El did say that there's an incubation period, but those scratches did not look new. And she's probably not even here anymore.

  Supergirl : Let's get all these people to the hospital, and J'onn, you and I can fly the really sick ones.

  J'onn J'onzz : All right, people, let's keep it calm. The last thing we need is a panic.

  [hearing a commotion outside] 

  J'onn J'onzz : What is that?

  [exiting the building, they see Imra raising a force field with her powers] 

  J'onn J'onzz : So much for avoiding a panic.

• Supergirl : Take down the force field.

  Imra Ardeen : Did you find her?

  Supergirl : Take it down now! We have to get these people to a hospital.

  Imra Ardeen : Is Pestilence here?

  Supergirl : There's no sign of her now. Just scared people who need real medical attention. Take it down!

  [Imra lowers the force field] 

  Supergirl : Shouldn't you be working on the cure?

  Imra Ardeen : Brainy and Mon-El are getting the transfer set up now.

  Supergirl : Well, we can handle this.

  Imra Ardeen : You say that, but you do not know what you're up against.

• Supergirl : So, Winn's running through security footage to see who came in contact with everyone who got sick.

  Alex Danvers : Well, I just got word that Brainy, Imra, and Mon-El have extracted the cure, and they're manufacturing doses as we speak. So, hopefully it's just a matter of time.

• Alex Danvers : I know that you're frustrated, okay? But there's still a really good chance that Imra could come around. You know, and that we can work with her on this. She might have some really important insight into Pestilence.

  Supergirl : Yeah, to kill her. I don't kill. I mean, you know it's possible to reach them. You of all people understand how important it is to help whoever's in Pestilence.

  Alex Danvers : Yeah, of course I do. But I didn't see that at first. You were the one who convinced me that the Worldkillers could even be saved. So maybe Imra just needs a little more convincing.

• Supergirl : [in Adelaide's apartment]  Imra! Get away from her. What did you do?

  Imra Ardeen : I didn't do anything. She was dead when I got here. It's not Pestilence. She's human. A victim.

  Supergirl : How did you know she was here?

  Imra Ardeen : Brainiac-5 has all the same data you do.

  Supergirl : So you came here without telling me.

  [J'onn and his strike team enter, guns at the ready] 

  Supergirl : Stand down, stand down. We got the wrong person. She's a human. A victim.

• Supergirl : Imra, why'd you go behind my back?

  Imra Ardeen : I didn't have a choice.

  Supergirl : You always have a choice.

  Imra Ardeen : No, I don't. Look, I don't wanna kill her or anyone. I have the same ideals you do.

  Supergirl : Then you should know you don't get to pick and choose when your ideals matter. You either live by them or you don't.

  Imra Ardeen : You think this is bad? The Blight is so much worse. Every hospital bed in every city on every planet is overrun. Mass graves. So if it's between her and the millions of people who die by the Blight in the future, I'm going to kill her.

  Supergirl : The best way to defeat the Worldkillers is by saving their human sides.

  Imra Ardeen : You're wrong! I'm from the future. I've seen what happens if you're left to deal with the situation the way you want to. The Blight happens. Pestilence survives. Whatever you do in this time to try to stop her fails. You fail. So if I get the chance, I will end this.

• J'onn J'onzz : [watching Winn rest]  He's gonna be okay.

  Supergirl : I know. It's not just that. Do you think I'll get through to Pestilence?

  J'onn J'onzz : There's no way of knowing. You just have to try.

  Supergirl : That's not what Yoda would say.

  J'onn J'onzz : [amused laugh]  Oh, yeah, Yoda. "Do or do not." He was wrong about that one.

• J'onn J'onzz : What happened?

  Brainiac-5 : [muttering to himself]  Oh, yes, there it is. I see it now. The cure is designed to cure victims of the Blight. But because Pestilence is not technically the Blight but the forebearer of it, the cure we have needs to be modified to fight her particular strand of virus.

  James Olsen : So how do we do that?

  Mon-El : We need a piece of Pestilence's DNA.

  Supergirl : So if we can't find her, more people could get infected, and the people that are already infected...

  Brainiac-5 : Yes, finding her as soon as humanly or non-humanly possible would be...

  Supergirl : [Alex groans and collapses]  No.

  J'onn J'onzz : Alex!

  Supergirl : No, no, no! Alex. Alex!

  Brainiac-5 : ...imperative.

• Supergirl : 24 hours before her death, she brought cookies to a mobile flu unit at City Hall.

  J'onn J'onzz : That doesn't tell us anything. She works there.

  Supergirl : But look who's behind her. That's that doctor. She was talking to Winn and Alex at City Hall. If she was there 24 hours earlier, she must have infected the mayor and everyone else. I'm sure of it.

  Brainiac-5 : I didn't see her with him in the security footage.

  Mon-El : But you said there were blind spots.

  Supergirl : She's Pestilence. She has to be.

• Brainiac-5 : Dr. Grace Parker, first in her class at Metropolis University School of Medicine, now practices emergency surgery at National City General.

  Supergirl : She's a doctor. She heals people for a living.

  Mon-El : You can get through to her.

  Supergirl : We're not gonna make the same mistake we made with Julia.

  J'onn J'onzz : Is she still at the hospital?

  Brainiac-5 : Actually, according to a simple scan of security cameras throughout the city, it seems she entered the Silvermine Health Insurance building five minutes ago.

  Supergirl : I'm going.

  Mon-El : I'll come with you.

• Supergirl : Don't take another step, Grace.

  Pestilence : It's not Grace anymore.

  [the distraction allows the innocent bystanders to escape] 

  Pestilence : You would save even these scabs? They who profit on the suffering of others?

  Supergirl : Everyone deserves saving.

  Pestilence : Not them. They're not good.

  Supergirl : But you are.

• Supergirl : Think of the lives you've saved. You're a doctor, Grace. The day you took an oath, you swore you would do no harm.

  Pestilence : "Do no harm."

  Supergirl : Grace.

  [Pestilence returns to her human state] 

  Supergirl : It's gonna be okay.

• Dr. Grace Parker : My mother used to always say that good would be rewarded with grace. But when I became a surgeon, I finally saw the truth. There's no reward for being good.

  Supergirl : Whatever is happening to you doesn't give you power over who lives. Only over who dies. You don't want that. We can stop it.

  Dr. Grace Parker : Stop it? Why would I ever wanna stop it? This is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. I don't have to worry about saving anyone anymore because I don't want to.

  Supergirl : No...

  Dr. Grace Parker : I get to choose who dies.

  Supergirl : Grace.

  Dr. Grace Parker : They say that surgeons have a God complex, but it's simple. I am a god.

• Pestilence : You honestly thought you could talk me into being redeemed? You're such a child. Words will never hurt me.

  Supergirl : What about sticks and stones?

• Pestilence : She's here.

  Supergirl : [Purity appears]  Julia!

  Purity : [knocking them backwards with a sonic scream]  Sister. I found you.

• Alex Danvers : [recovering in sickbay, she's alarmed to see Kara in the next bed]  Oh, my god. Are you okay?

  Supergirl : Yeah, yeah. Yes, I'm-I'm fine. Just a little weak. Are you okay?

  Alex Danvers : I'm alive.

• Supergirl : You have no idea how happy I am to see you healthy again.

  Alex Danvers : Did we get her?

  Supergirl : Not yet.

  J'onn J'onzz : But, uh, we'll keep trying.

• Imra Ardeen : We were so close.

  Supergirl : There was no way of knowing Purity would show up. Or that she would make her stronger. You said I would fail. I should have listened to you.

  Imra Ardeen : No, don't say that.

  Supergirl : I've always followed my instincts. But now, I... I don't know what to follow.

  Imra Ardeen : I never came here to make you doubt who you are or what you believe. I was wrong to try to make you change.

• Supergirl : Lena, the Worldkillers are coming. We have to get you somewhere...

  [seeing Samantha in the containment cell] 

  Supergirl : ...safe

  [tapping the invisible force field] 

  Supergirl : What is this?

  Lena Luthor : I was gonna tell you.

  Supergirl : Tell me what?

  Samantha Arias : About me.