Supergirl (TV Series)

The House of L (2019)

Melissa Benoist: Kara Danvers, Supergirl, Snowbird

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Quotes 

• Lex Luthor : You've read that one more than the others. Gatsby. Why?

  Snowbird : It's beautiful. Lush. I, uh... I think that's the word. The language... it's hard to even imagine the world that way.

  Lex Luthor : I didn't give it to you because it's pretty. This is a book about vapid, profligate fools. Money is always acquired at someone else's expense.

  Snowbird : But you have money. You must. The way you come and go...

  Lex Luthor : I do. Because it is their weapon. The way their world works. Read it again.

• Lex Luthor : [in Kara's loft]  One day, you may have to be just like her. Move like her, think like her. So, what do you see?

  Snowbird : [looking around]  She likes comfort. She's undisciplined.

  [opening the fridge and seeing the food inside] 

  Snowbird : All of this is for her?

  [closing the fridge, she notices a picture of Kara with Alex] 

  Snowbird : She is like a princess in a tower.

  Lex Luthor : And on a reporter's salary.

  Snowbird : [hearing the front door unlock]  Someone is coming.

• Supergirl : You have powers?

  Lex Luthor : I have powers.

• Lex Luthor : You had a good run, but this time, the planet hits back.

  Supergirl : How are you doing this?

  Lex Luthor : How do you think I did it? I'm Lex Luthor.

• Lex Luthor : [in Russian]  Hello.

  [switching to English as he sees Mikhail] 

  Lex Luthor : He has nothing to fear, and neither do you. My name is Lex.

  Snowbird : Alex?

  Lex Luthor : Sure. Alex.

• Minister of Defense : [in Russian]  Who are you?

  [scoffing snicker] 

  Minister of Defense : Uncanny. You look just like her. And we've confirmed Supergirl's whereabouts?

  Kaznian General : [in English]  America.

  Snowbird : Alex.

  Minister of Defense : [in Russian]  Who is Alex?

  [Snowbird sips from her mug silently] 

  Minister of Defense : You will be a good girl; a good weapon, right? I think, yes.

  Snowbird : Alex.

• Minister of Defense : [in Russian]  The sun gives you abilities, Snowbird. Now... listen.

  [as she listens, her superhearing is overloaded by stimuli, and she beings firing her heat vision] 

  Minister of Defense : Contain her! Contain her!

  [she is subdued with tasers] 

  Snowbird : [spasming on the ground]  Alex.

• Lex Luthor : [conversing in Russian]  I lived in a place like this for a long time. Do you like it here?

  Snowbird : I don't know what I like.

  Lex Luthor : [switching to English]  Did they teach you any English?

  Snowbird : Little.

• Snowbird : Are you angry at me?

  Lex Luthor : For saving a child? No. You did the right thing.

  Snowbird : I heard pain. I did not know my strength.

  Lex Luthor : Would you like to?

• Snowbird : Alex, your name is only thing I remember.

  Lex Luthor : Let's just say we were... besties.

  [seeing she's confused, he switches to Russian] 

  Lex Luthor : Friends. Good friends.

  Snowbird : [switching to Russian, too]  Where do I come from? I am different. Why?

  Lex Luthor : [the alarm on his watch rings]  Time's up, and I have to go.

  [offering her a package of Chocos] 

  Lex Luthor : Go on. You need to see the world as they do. I'll send you books. Materials for you to study. And when I return...

  [switching back to English] 

  Lex Luthor : English.

• Lex Luthor : [playing chess with Snowbird]  When I was a boy, I learned this game from a grand master, Anatoly Karpov. That's how I learned to speak your language. Seems fitting that it should teach you mine.

  Snowbird : I think your books handled that.

  Lex Luthor : Have they? Okay. Philip of Macedon.

  Snowbird : Ruled from 359 BC until his assassination. Father of Alexander the Great, your namesake. Philip had a small power base. He wanted to build an empire. But, in the end, we only have one lifetime. Alexander inherits his father's work, but he does more than Philip ever could have dreamed.

  Lex Luthor : He conquers the world.

  Snowbird : This appeals to you?

  Lex Luthor : You sound like my sister.

  Snowbird : Lena.

  Lex Luthor : Yes. You pay attention. You remind me of her sometimes. I used to think we were inseparable. That we were going to change everything.

  Snowbird : What happened?

  Lex Luthor : People disappoint.

  [she looks for a move to make; seeing she's checkmated, she mutters in Russian and surrenders] 

  Lex Luthor : Not bad, though.

• Snowbird : I'm sorry you have to be alone so much. I'll try to visit more.

  Lex Luthor : The night she saved you, why were those men attacking?

  Mikhail : They were thieves. It is just me and my mother.

  Lex Luthor : Why?

  Mikhail : My father was a bad man. He left us.

  Lex Luthor : I had a bad father, too.

  Mikhail : What did yours do?

  Lex Luthor : He stayed. I used to pray for a hero like the one you got. Took a long time, but...

  [more to Snowbird] 

  Lex Luthor : Here you are.

• Snowbird : I don't understand. Why we are in such a hurry?

  [hearing an explosion, she turns and see the sky turn green] 

  Snowbird : What is that?

  Lex Luthor : We got to get you inside.

  Snowbird : [she's led inside]  What is happening to me?

  Lex Luthor : There's only one thing on this Earth that can hurt you, and the Americans just seeded the skies with it.

  Snowbird : [in Russian, groaning in pain]  It hurts!

  Lex Luthor : You will never feel like this again. I will protect you. But there's something we have to do first.

  [taking out a pin and a pair of earrings] 

  Lex Luthor : Your flesh is weak. It's the only time we can do this.

  [piercing her ears] 

  Lex Luthor : Someday, you may have to match her.

  Snowbird : Who?

• Lex Luthor : It's time for you to know your full truth. You are strong. You are Kaznia. But you are also something more. That green flash you saw, it's poison to your species. Made of fragments of your home planet. You are one of the last daughters of Krypton.

  Snowbird : Krypton?

  Lex Luthor : You will usher in a new era of peace. Equality. Nations unlike Kania who believe in greed will rise against you. And its greatest champion will stand between you and your work.

• Lex Luthor : I told you, English. You need to keep your accent.

  Snowbird : Why?

  [realizing] 

  Snowbird : You want me to go to America.

  Lex Luthor : Someday. You're not ready yet.

  Snowbird : Yes, I am! I want to see it. I want to know more. Who is this Supergirl to me? Why does she look like me?

  Lex Luthor : Put simply, your sister. She has usurped your position in the world. Taken from you.

  Snowbird : Like your Lena.

  Lex Luthor : Yes. Maybe you should see more.

• Lex Luthor : What did you see?

  Snowbird : A pig trough. One of the men had a pin with the AmerTek insignia. They make weapons.

  Lex Luthor : America's exports, movies and bombs. Kaznia suffers so that Americans can live like this.

  Snowbird : And Supergirl defends those men?

  Lex Luthor : Yes, because she's... soft. Accustomed to a certain lifestyle.

  [cut to them in an apartment building] 

  Lex Luthor : You wanna understand her? This is her place. This is where Supergirl lives. Or, as some know her, Kara Danvers.

• Alex Danvers : Kara!

  Snowbird : [mimicking Kara's accent]  Alex.

  Alex Danvers : I thought you were in Smallville. I mean, I specifically remember you asking me to take care of your leafy dependents.

  Snowbird : [covering]  Yeah, yes. Uh, Smallville. Yeah, I, uh... I...

  Alex Danvers : Oh, you didn't cancel your vacation, did you? I told you that I would down the fort at the DEO. I mean, but you are missed.

  Snowbird : No. Of course I didn't cancel my vacation. I... I just... I...

  [picking up a book from the table] 

  Snowbird : I forgot my journal. Look at me. Silly writer, without her journal.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, well, good. Well, you should... you should be going, right?

  Snowbird : Yeah, okay, okay, I will. Thank you, Alex.

• Snowbird : Kara Danvers has an Alex, too?

  Lex Luthor : You have a lot in common except for what counts. Field trip's over. I have to go back to...

  Snowbird : To prison.

  Lex Luthor : Yes. Go back to Kaznia. Make sure you weren't seen. No one can know that you exist.

• Kara Danvers : [voiceover as Snowbird reads her journal]  Ms. Grant only threatened to fire me six times today. I think she's warming to me.

  [cut to Snowbird exploring the loft, then back to her on the couch] 

  Kara Danvers : Lena doesn't realize how much potential she has. I hope now at least the world will.

• Lena Luthor : What are you doing here? I thought you were on vacation.

  Snowbird : [mimicking Kara's accent]  I, uh... I had to help Alex with something.

  Eve Teschmacher : [getting on the elevator as the doors close]  Ms. Luthor. Ms. Luthor.

  [to "Kara", then Lena] 

  Eve Teschmacher : Sorry to interrupt. You're needed in Lab C, and it can't wait.

  Lena Luthor : I'm sorry, but when you get back, maybe a... a girl's night?

  Snowbird : Big Belly Burger. Like your birthday, last year.

  Lena Luthor : Sold.

• Snowbird : Hello, "Kara". Or should I say privet? There is no way Alex sent you to L-Corp. What are you doing here?

  Snowbird : I wanted to meet his sister.

  Eve Teschmacher : Okay, well, you met her, so now get back to your nesting doll.

  Snowbird : I'm not ready. America is... unsavory, but I'm not so sure it is bad as Alex thinks...

  Eve Teschmacher : Oh, no. No, no, no. You are not gonna go all apple pie-eating, flag-waving, Philip Jennings on me.

  Snowbird : Kara Danvers wants to do good. She has compassion. She has friends. And Lena is one of them. Why is that?

• Snowbird : [in the rubble of Mikhail's home]  Who would do this?

  Lex Luthor : You already know.

  Snowbird : [spotting a piece of a missile with her x-ray vision]  AmerTek. The greedy Americans.

  Lex Luthor : Don't do this. Listen to me. Luthors bide their time. This is just an American...

  [she takes off into the sky] 

• Lex Luthor : You could have compromised all of our work.

  Snowbird : They killed Mikhail!

  Lex Luthor : What is one life? One life is nothing next to the world! You risked everything, and you did not listen to me!

  Snowbird : You don't give me commands.

  Lex Luthor : I am helping you. They saw your face. If you were identified, the world would hunt you down! I'll make this look like an accident. Sabotage, friendly fire. I will clean up your mess!

  Snowbird : Is that what you think of me? That I am some pet you clean up after?

  Lex Luthor : Of course not.

  Snowbird : Some solider, then? Alexander's conquering army! What am I? Why am I here? Why does Kara Danvers have an Alex? And why is she friends with your sister?

  [noticing his reaction] 

  Snowbird : That's what this is about. This is about Lena.

  Lex Luthor : I thought you were stronger. But... people disappoint. I'm done here.

• Snowbird : I thought you were gone.

  Lex Luthor : Well... you made me very, very angry. But I promised that I wouldn't let you get sick again.

  Snowbird : You saved me.

  Lex Luthor : I had a lot invested in you. And I shouldn't have left the way that I did. This is not about Lena. This is about you and me. Can you forgive me?

• Snowbird : Supergirl acts on her emotions. It's selfish, ugly. I will not be her. I will be me. I will be disciplined. I will follow you and destroy her.

  Lex Luthor : Do you remember that story about Alexander the Great and his father?

  Snowbird : I remember.

  Lex Luthor : You thought I was Alexander. But I'm Philip. I only get one lifetime. But you're... forever. My gift to the world, my legacy.

  [switching to Russian as he unveils a superhero costume] 

  Lex Luthor : My Red Daughter.

• [last lines] 

  Alex Danvers : What's wrong?

  Supergirl : It's Lex Luthor. He's free. I tried to stop him, but he got away.

  Alex Danvers : What?

  James Olsen : Lena. Does she know?

  Supergirl : I don't know.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, I will find her. You get J'onn and find Lex.