Supergirl (TV Series)

Call to Action (2018)

Chyler Leigh: Alex Danvers

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• Supergirl : Alex, there's a dragon on Main Street.

  Alex Danvers : That's what I get for making a Harry Potter reference.

• Supergirl : The Children of Liberty announcing themselves to the world.

  Alex Danvers : Agent Dox is already working on identifying Agent Liberty, and trying to find if there's a deeper message in the manifesto.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : Why? I mean, these are the rantings of a human hate group. The FBI will deal with it.

  Alex Danvers : But this could be dangerous. There's precedent. From the White Rose in-in Germany to the CIA in Guatemala in 1954. Leaflets like this, they were used to activate uprisings.

• Alex Danvers : Hey, have you found anything?

  Querl Dox : Nothing on the identity of Agent Liberty. However, I was able to find 10,011 codes within the leaflet. It is literally littered with codes. For example, if you scramble every seventh letter, it clearly indicates a common phrase in the Raolian language. "Ham sandwich." On a holiday celebrated exclusively with turkey, that is just a slap in the face.

  Alex Danvers : And that's the most promising code?

• Colonel Lauren Haley : Agents, a briefing on your current work, please.

  Alex Danvers : Um...

  Querl Dox : Oh... no. Uh, you caught me, Colonel. I must confess, your sweet potato pie is so delicious that it inspired me to search for a recipe and make one of my very own. For Thanksgiving. I apologize for allowing your masterful baking to distract me from important DEO business.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : Back to work, Agent Dox. Director Danvers.

  Alex Danvers : Yes, ma'am.

  Querl Dox : [Haley leaves]  You see, Alex, some human behaviors require experiential learning. Now I can add "covering on the spot" to my skills of mastery.

• Colonel Lauren Haley : Where were you when you found this?

  Supergirl : I was stopping an attack on two aliens by men in masks.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : But where?

  Supergirl : Midtown Park.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : Were you ordered to patrol there?

  Supergirl : I went because I heard...

  Colonel Lauren Haley : Were you ordered to patrol there?

  Supergirl : No, ma'am.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : I know you've had free rein in the past, but things are different now. If you want to intervene in muggins, join the NCPD. This is the DEO. We swim in deeper waters. Our resources will not be used to investigate this manifesto. You tell Agent Dox to return to his other assignments, is that clear?

  Supergirl , Alex Danvers : Yes, ma'am.

  Colonel Lauren Haley : I may not be the Woman of Steel, but if you push me, you will find I do not bend. Dismissed.

  [Alex and Kara turn to leave] 

  Colonel Lauren Haley : And one more thing. I brought some sweet potato pie today. It's in the cafeteria. Happy Thanksgiving.

• Alex Danvers : [leaving a meeting with Haley]  She's completely dug her heels in here. She has all of the power.

  Supergirl : So we're just gonna listen to her?

  Alex Danvers : What? No way. No, we're still investigating this.

  Supergirl : Yeah.

  Alex Danvers : And if she gets any more Dolores Umbridge-y, I'm going full Weasley twin.

  Supergirl : Yeah, and who would eat that pie? It's for sure poisoned.

  Alex Danvers : Absolutely.

  Querl Dox : [approaching with a slice of pie in hand]  Mm. I've located the drones that dropped the manifesto. Unfortunately, they're untraceable. No prints, no serial numbers.

• Alex Danvers : Brainy, I'm sorry to say that Colonel Haley officially ordered you to stop the investigation.

  Querl Dox : Okay.

  Alex Danvers : [stopping him as he tries to leave]  What? No, no, no. You understand what I'm saying, right?

  Querl Dox : I assure you, our communication difficulties are in the past. Consider my investigation terminated.

  Supergirl : No, no, Brainy, we want you to keep looking into it.

  Querl Dox : Okay, I'm confused.

  Alex Danvers : It's... it's why I winked.

  Querl Dox : [understanding]  Ah, yes. I shall continue my investigation in

  [raising his voice] 

  Querl Dox : complete secrecy.

  Alex Danvers : [handing him the Agent Liberty mask and manifesto]  For you.

  [he hands her his plate of pie] 

  Alex Danvers : I don't...

  [Kara snickers] 

  Alex Danvers : I swear that he's going to get me fired by the end of the day.

• Supergirl : By the way, Eliza texted. You're on cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

  Alex Danvers : When am I supposed to go to the grocery store?

• Eliza Danvers : [seeing the canned cranberry sauce Alex bought]  You didn't think about using real cranberries?

  Alex Danvers : Well, like that's any better than this.

  Kara Danvers : Well, it does look easier to digest. I'm still feeling queasy from hearing the audience cheer for Lockwood.

  Alex Danvers : Look, don't beat yourself up, okay?

  Lena Luthor : Yeah. It wasn't even supposed to be you up there.

• Eliza Danvers : How did things go with your Children of Liberty contact? Doesn't seem very safe, James.

  James Olsen : I happened to meet with a regular guy named Tom who happens to be afraid of aliens and afraid of their capabilities, and he feels inferior.

  Kara Danvers : People can be powerful, too. You and Alex are examples of that, James.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, but not as powerful as aliens. I mean, no matter how many weights you lift, you'll never be as strong as Supergirl.

  Alex Danvers : No, but with technology, we can hold our own.

  Lena Luthor : What if we could do more? What if we could make people super?

  Eliza Danvers : It's not possible. The biological processes that cause alien powers are incompatible with human DNA.

  Lena Luthor : Okay, but just say we could, right? If James is right and people feeling inferior is what makes them join these hate groups, then we could just... level the playing field.

  J'onn J'onzz : The last thing we need is a bunch of evil people running around with superpowers.

  Lena Luthor : Okay, but evil people wouldn't get powers.

  James Olsen : So only certain people qualify?

  Alex Danvers : And who would decide who gets them? They'd be playing God.

• Nia Nal : It seems scarier now that they've trained dogs to identify aliens.

  James Olsen : They have?

  Kara Danvers : Yep. Actually, the guy Supergirl fought the other night had a dog.

  Alex Danvers : What are you thinking, James?

  James Olsen : Tom and I were walking his dog yesterday, and-and the dog kept barking at certain houses.

  Nia Nal : Alien houses.

  J'onn J'onzz : Did they mark them somehow?

  James Olsen : I mean, he-he kept texting somebody who he claimed to be his wife, but I... I guess he could have been texting somebody else to-to mark those addresses for later.

• Alex Danvers : The only reason they'd want to identify alien homes is to target them.

  James Olsen : Yeah, but if-if they were marking houses, we would see that, right? I mean, we-we would notice that.

  Manchester Black : The marks might not be visible to the naked eye. The mask had some kind of night-vision tech in them.

  Kara Danvers : [Brainy retrieves a Liberty mask from his bag]  Why did you bring that to dinner?

  Querl Dox : Oh. Uh... I figured if things got boring, I might just do a little work.

  [popping a piece out from the eye-hole] 

  Querl Dox : Oh, look at that.

• Lena Luthor : That's a low-spectrum enhancer. You use it to see infrared.

  Alex Danvers : [taking it from Brainy]  Here, let me see that.

  [holding it up to her eye and looking out at the skyline] 

  Alex Danvers : Look, I see one right there.

  J'onn J'onzz : All right, so they're going to attack. Question is when?

  Querl Dox : Twilight's last gleaming. It's the title of their manifesto. Tells them when to strike.

  James Olsen : Twilight's last gleaming is sunset.

  Kara Danvers : Then we don't have much time.

• Alex Danvers : Sunset is in twenty minutes. I gotta get to work, so can you give me a ride?

  Kara Danvers : Yep.

  Alex Danvers : [leaving the apartment]  Haley won't back us up, but I'll do what I can at street level.

  Kara Danvers : I'll get rid of as many markers as I can, so they won't know where to attack.

• Alien Girl : No! Don't hurt him! He's just trying to protect us.

  Alex Danvers : Supergirl, hey, I'm here with a little girl, her name is Alana. So, the dragon is her pet, his name is Spike. And he's just acting defensively, he's trying to protect her family.

  Supergirl : [Spike lands nearby]  Spike! Spike... Spike! Alana's safe. You did your job. You protected her. You were loyal, you were true. You kept everyone safe.

  [the animal calms down, and she pets his snout] 

  Supergirl : Good boy.

  [Spike returns to his normal size] 

  Supergirl : Huh!

  [picking him up] 

  Supergirl : Well, dogs may not like me anymore, but I still got it with dragons.

• Colonel Lauren Haley : Once again, you and Supergirl have disobeyed my direct orders. I told you this manifesto was not a matter of priority.

  Alex Danvers : Colonel Haley, you have to...

  Colonel Lauren Haley : [holding up her hand to silence her]  That said, the violent actions of the Children of Liberty are stirring National City's most dangerous aliens to defend themselves. And we must make sure not to provoke them any further. So from this point forward, we will consider the Children of Liberty a matter of priority for the DEO.

  Supergirl : [surprised]  Thank you, Colonel Haley.

• Colonel Lauren Haley : Don't think there is anything that happens under my watch that I'm not aware of. I could've stopped your little rogue investigation at any moment. But I gave you just enough rope to hang yourself. Fortunately for you, this time you had a chair to stand on. But do not ever disobey my direct orders again, or there will be consequences.

  Alex Danvers : I followed my instincts, and they were right. And I will continue to do so because that is what makes me a great leader. And if that means that you have to court martial me, then so be it.

• J'onn J'onzz : Eliza left so soon. She usually stays a few days.

  Alex Danvers : Mmm. She had to get to her... all right, let me see if I get this right, ethno-xeno biology conference where she is speaking about the regressive hereditary traits of inter-terrestrial children.

  Kara Danvers : Wow, I'm really glad she didn't talk to Nia about that, 'cause she would have put her right to sleep.

  Alex Danvers : I did see the two of them talking, though. Mom was trying to find her a doctor, but Nia said she already had one.

  Kara Danvers : That's weird. She told me she hadn't found one yet. Why would she lie about that?

• J'onn J'onzz : I'm sorry you're worried about your friend, but at least you got Agent Haley to make the Children of Liberty an urgent matter for the DEO. That's a big win.

  Kara Danvers : Well, we did stop the Children of Liberty from hurting innocent aliens. But Agent Liberty is still out there. And the rhetoric of hate is growing. Just haven't figured out how to win this fight yet. With so many people siding with fear, how far will this go?

  J'onn J'onzz : History tells us moments like this can get very, very ugly. I've seen it with my own eyes.

  Alex Danvers : We won this time. But this is gonna be a fight like no other. It's gonna be one step forward and two steps back.