"my world ended." "But I was saved." "Kal-El." "But Krypton's destruction sent a shockwave into the Phantom Zone." "and I made the long journey to Earth." "my cousin had already grown up to become Superman. and I was forced to reveal myself to the world." "I became Supergirl." "I work in secret with my sister and the DEO to fight alien menaces that threaten the Earth and others that would cause my city harm." "I have friends." "And allies." "I have a family." "I am finally home." "one!" "(ALL CHEERING)" "To Supergirl." "wait." "To family." "Love bonds us all." "To family." "To family." "(RUMBLING)" "Whoa!" "What was that?" "What the hell?" "Nothing good." "or there could be major casualties." "I've got it." "I've almost got it." "Ahh!" "(SCREAMING)  go!" "(SCREAMING)" "That pod  It's identical to mine." "It's from Krypton." "be careful." "You don't know what's in there." "(GLASS SHATTERING)" "(SUPERGIRL GRUNTS)" "my God." "Where are we?" "The Department of Extra-Normal Operations." "wait." "This has always been here?" "With the glass and the views and " "And you made me fly to that cave every day!" "Kara." "A bat bit me in the last one." "Whiner." "sis." "too?" "it's like a block from my apartment." "It's kind of like the old place." "Maybe better." "where's the man who fell to Earth?" "He has to be from Krypton." "like Clark and I did." "He's comatose." "His vitals are stable." "Breathing is normal." "There's nothing else we can really learn from him because " "That proves he's from Krypton." "which means he could be dangerous." "I would request that Winn help with the investigation." "and Winn does read Kryptonian." "I got bored." "I thought I'd pick up a new language." "Space talk!" "Mr. Schott?" "Find out something my team of highly trained alien experts can't." "Challenge accepted." "Let's go." "Kara." "I promise." "are you watching the Venture launch tonight?" "James and I are going on our first date." "It's gonna be great." "We are finally both free and clear to just hang out." "No aliens trying to destroy the Earth." "doing what people do on dates." "Okay." " What?" "what?" "but you're not actually okay. but you're trying to convince yourself that you are." "I am not doing that thing." "That's I'm excited." "This is me excited." " Mmm-hmm." "(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)" "And this is Ms. Grant texting me." "I'm not her assistant anymore." "I have to go." "the first commercial spacecraft designed for suborbital transportation." "(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "Ms. Grant?" "(SCOFFS) but I turned them down." "What would I possibly have in common with a bunch of rich people in a rocket ship seeking existential answers to their meaningless lives?" "Speaking of which what's your answer?" "Wha " "What's the question?" "Your vocation." "What is it?" "you mean what job do I want?" "Um well I don't know." "I haven't really decided yet." "Why not?" "and  then most of those hours I was asleep." "Really? and you just  go to sleep?" "It was nighttime." "Ker-rah?" "Two." "Because I care about making the most out of my life." "I squeeze every drop out of every single day." "Sleeping is for slackers." "I " "I did do this online quiz... and then it uses this kind of algorithm to calculate your ideal career." "And mine was marketing." "Mmm." "And according to the Catco website marketing ranks high in potential salary future growth and... work-life balance which " "What do you think?" "I think that it is the most pathetic thing I have ever heard." "okay." "Ker-rah." "A calling is something that is within you." "Do you think that Supergirl is a hero because flying is one of her skills?" "No." "She's a hero because she has a need." "to protect the planet." "Look inward and figure out what Ke-rah Danvers needs to do with her life." "as in 48 hours don't come back with the results of a Rorschach test." "Ms. Tessmacher!" "Ms. Grant." "Does this dressing look drizzled on?" "Yes." " No." "this lettuce is drowning." "It's floating... like little Kate Winslet's in Titanic." "Get it out of my sight." "This is the best replacement for you you could come up with?" "please." "She is so smart and sweet." "She went to Yale." "So did George Bush." "(SIGHS)" "Now get out and dig deep." "[Golden Girl by Ladyhawke]" "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Hi." "Hi." "(KARACLEARSTHROAT)" "That dress is amazing." "Oh this dress?" "It's " "I had this on all day." "Do you" "(CLEARS THROAT)" "I didn't know if you wanted to... so I " "Options." "(CLEARS THROAT)" "Pizza and potstickers." "Pizza and potstickers is my most favorite meal." "Which I know about you." "I'm surprised you don't have the Venture launch on." "I know how into the space program you are." "that's not a big deal." "Kara... it's fine." "maybe I'll just put it on without the sound." "Mr. White." "Mr. White." "Mr. White." "I will have my article on your desk lickety-split." "I know that no one says "lickety-split" anymore." "which is a bit of a throwback." "(CHUCKLING)" "I'm very aware that we're not talking about you." "sir." "I will have that to you. " "(WHITE HANGS UP)" "Hello?" "we're hearing of a possible explosion aboard the Venture." "FEMALE NEWS ANCHOR:" "Here's all we know at this time." "There are over 200 people aboard the craft." "and we'll continue to bring you the very latest." "he's seeing this." "I pray she's watching this." "She is." "Mayday." "Mayday." "We have experienced a hull breach and catastrophic engine failure." "Supergirl!" "Need a hand?" "cuz." "It's good to see you." "This looks like a job for the both of us." "Absolutely." "(BOTH GRUNTING)" "That was awesome!" "that was terrible." "But it was awesome." "We've never saved anything together." "I know." "I've dreamt of this moment." "The two of us teaming up." "(CHUCKLING)  too." "I usually say hi." "too." "Supergirl." "That's Superman." "I used to change his diapers." "No way." "Uh not exactly sure you have to tell them that." "I think I really do." "Okay." "everybody." "I'm back." "Listen up." "Su " "I guess you already know." "Hi." "Hi." "Good to see you." "sir." "Pleasure." "I just want to thank you all for your hard work protecting Earth." "brother." "Did you know she was bringing him here?" "No." "Is that a problem?" "Oh." "He's coming toward me." "Winn this is" "Superman." "Hi." "I have a million questions." "Okay - did you gauge the focal depth with your X-ray vision? Breathe." "Alex." "It's good to see you." "too." "Kara told me Jeremiah may be alive." "so If there's anything I can do." "Clark." "J'onn." "Superman." "Nice to see you again." "don't worry." "I won't be staying long." "I just invited Superman to visit our mystery guest." "Follow me." "What's with those two?" "Beats me." "Your cousin smells terrific." "Enough." "He landed on Earth last night in a Kryptonian pod." "We don't know who he is." "(SIGHS)" "Did you try using a Quantum scan to determine his age?" "First thing we did." "like a cybernetic data core?" "Of course." "(SUPERGIRL CLEARS THROAT)" "You should probably go and do that." "Mmm-hmm." "Nope no data core." "my handy translator just finished decrypting the pod's data log." "it seems sleeping beauty on his journey from Krypton passed through something called the Segara Beyal." "The Well of Stars." "My father took me there once." "Time doesn't pass there." "So that's why he's still so young." "Oh." "I've been meaning to ask." "you're... right?" "'Cause you do not look it." "Kryptonians age at a much slower rate here on Earth." "You look fantastic." "we have something more important to talk about." "What?" "The Venture." "The company behind the Venture said there was an explosion when the ship reached low orbit insertion." "So?" "if something like that was gonna go wrong it would've happened earlier in the flight." "Exactly." "The Venture was built here in National City." "I think we should investigate this further." "Maybe a mild-mannered reporter should make some inquiries while he's here in National City." "I was gonna have my team take a look at it." "Superman's here." "We should include him." "You can work out of Catco." "Just steer clear of Ms.Grant. She's been in a mood." "I've got some sway with Cat Grant." "So what happened between you and Superman?" "Nothing." "It just seems like " "This conversation is over." "(SIGHS DEEPLY)" "Sorry." "Oops!" "So sorry that was totally my fault." "(CHUCKLING)  don't you?" "that was actually real." "Clark!" "There he is." "man?" "Jimmy." "buddy." "brother." "everybody at the Daily Planet misses you." "Mr. White." "too." "But I really like living here." "Good." "Excuse me." "Ms. Grant?" "You okay?" "You didn't tell me that you know Clark Kent." "too." "What?" "Nothing." "I do " "Yes." "I know him." "Him and Jimmy have been friends for years." "Do I have anything in my teeth?" "No." "as I live and breathe." "don't you just look - all Midwestern dashing?" "(CLARK CHUCKLES)  it's good to see you." "It's been a long time." "No fault of mine. or did that fizzle out like I predicted in the office pool?" "No one ever sent me my $20." "Lois and I are great." "still going strong." "so she's not still hung up on Superman?" "(CHUCKLING)" "You know I'd say that she has room in her life for both of us." "Well that's modern." "no." "So how would you like to go on a tour?" "Perry White was a fool to ever let you out of his sight." "I might just poach you." "Sway." "Did Ms. Grant seem a little off to you?" "She's always like that with Clark." "She goes gaga for him." "She actually sent him a drunk text once." "It was " "It was florid." "No." "Ugh." "That's gross." "I saw what you did on TV." "Good save." "Thanks." "I'm sorry it interrupted our date." "it's fine." "but it isn't." "It's not fine." "Not." "That was an important step for us." "I promise." "We will make a plan and we will execute it." "Fully." "That sounds romantic." "You know what I mean." "I just I want it to work." "too." "(CELL PHONE RINGING)" "It's Alex." "go ahead." "What's up?" "Yeah..." "I think Clark knows a thing or two about that name." "Clark." "Yeah." "Alex did some digging." "What is it?" "There was one passenger who had a seat booked on the Venture who mysteriously didn't show up last-minute." "Lena Luthor." "Lex's sister." "Yup." "But Lex can't be involved in this." "He's in prison." "by the way." "thanks." "Well... but his sister is now running Luthor Corp." "and she just moved to National City." "Heavy tactical unmanned aerial vehicle with 160 km range." "If you're looking to hurt somebody this is definitely the way to do it." "CORBEN:" "And to control it?" "MAN:" "Everything from the cockpit." "Just like you were flying an aircraft." "How do I activate the targeting system?" "Ah." "That button right there." "She'll lock into the target and then it's lights out." "Thank you for all your hard work." "(GROANS)" "Corben." "Yeah the ship didn't explode." "Superman and Supergirl saved it." "I'm switching to plan B." "Have I ever let the Luthors down?" "LENA:" "There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for why I wasn't aboard the Venture yesterday." "that's why we're here." "There was an emergency regarding the planning for a ceremony I'm holding tomorrow." "and I had to cancel." "Ah lucky." "(CHUCKLING)" "Lucky is Superman saving the day." "Not something one expects a Luthor to say." "too." "And who are you exactly?" "Um " "I'm Kara Danvers." "I'm not with the Daily Planet." "I'm with Catco magazine." "Sort of." "It's a publication not known for its hard-hitting journalism." "More like "High-waisted Jeans" "Yes or No?" "Um." "I'm just tagging along today." "Right." "Can we just speed this interview along?" "Mr. Kent." "Did I have anything to do with the Venture explosion?" "Did you?" "You wouldn't be asking me if my last name was Smith." "but it's not." "It's Luthor." "Some steel under that Kansas wheat." "It wasn't always." "I was adopted when I was four." "And the person who made me feel most welcome in the family was Lex." "He made me proud to be a Luthor." "And then he went on his reign of terror in Metropolis." "Declared war on Superman." "Committed unspeakable crimes." "I vowed to take back my family's company." "To rename it L-Corp." "Make it a force for good." "I'm just a woman trying to make a name for herself outside of her family." "Can you understand that?" "Yeah." "I know why you're here." "Because a subsidiary of my company made the part that exploded on the Venture." "This drive contains all the information we have on the oscillator." "I hope it helps you in your investigation." "Thank you." "Mr. Kent." "I'm here for a fresh start." "Let me have one." "Ms. Luthor." "Good day." "I didn't see anything when I X-ray-visioned the room." "me neither." "What do you think?" "I've learned through hard experience not to believe anything a Luthor says." "but I kinda believed her." "(CELL PHONE RINGING)  sweetie." "I'm with Kara." "I'm being careful." "(KARA LAUGHS) too." "I love you." "Bye." "I love that she worries about you." "too." "Clark?" "You're an amazing reporter... and Superman." "I love being Supergirl." "That part of my life is clear." "But the rest of it " "You mean Jimmy?" "How'd you know that?" "It's super telepathy." "It's a power you'll get  someday." "Really?" "No." "we talk." "I kept my head down and moved forward." "And life was simple." "And now I have all these options." "An amazing guy and any job I want and I'm " "I'm stuck." "I've been where you are." "trying to figure out how to be Clark and Superman." "but you made it look so easy." "it wasn't." "It's still not." "all I know is that being Kara is just as important as being Supergirl." "Come here." "That's really nice." "Kara." "Listen to your heart." "If things are right with James  you'll know it." "Agent Danvers?" "I know why you and Superman aren't the best of friends." "Operation Emerald." "How did you find out about that?" "I cross-referenced your personnel file with Superman." "Back when I first took over the DEO we got a report about a meteorite coming down in the desert." "so we both headed out to investigate." "it was dark and " "But I could see something down in the crater." "glowing like an emerald." "he   started heaving." "Passed out." "It was Kryptonite." "I named it that." "Superman wanted to destroy it all." "But you kept it." "Alex." "Their powers are limitless." "Now we have a way to protect ourselves from them." "Except "them" now includes my sister." "We may have a problem." "the oscillator that exploded on the Venture... right?" "it was housed under seat 23B." "Mr.Schott?" "According to the manifest guess who was supposed to be sitting in seat 23B?" "Lena Luthor." "Lena Luthor wasn't behind the explosion." "She was the target." "Ms. Luthor." "I hate flying." "but still " "What the hell?" "I thought you two might show up." "You spoil all the fun." "if you were expecting us to show up you really should've brought something a little more powerful." "I did." "I brought my wits." "targeting civilian populations as we speak." "aliens." "Innocent civilians or the chopper?" "Go." "I got the chopper." "That was awesome." "We're moving back to Gotham." "(SCREAMS)" "You're safe now." "What the hell was that?" "Someone's trying to kill you." "I've been looking for you." "I know that I've been dealing with drone attacks and spaceships " "Two spaceships." "But I will not let that get in the way of us having the perfect date." "I was thinking maybe Italian." "I could fly there " "It's okay." "I - something's changed for you." "James " "And don't tell me I'm wrong... 'cause I know you." "I thought this is what you wanted." "It was." "And now?" "I..." "I don't know." "it's honest at least." "Ms. Tessmacher!" "(CAT GROANS)" "(SOBBING)" "She cries more than Halle Berry at award shows." "why don't you fire her?" "you'd ax an assistant the second they brought you a latte one degree off." "Ker-rah." "I don't even know what normal is anymore." "what's wrong?" "What could be wrong? and I'm at the very top of my game." "Ker-rah what the hell is wrong with you?" "and you have the world at your feet." "any job you wish for and you stand there blinking like a doe in the headlights." "Frozen." "I'm - you know what?" "Ms. Grant." "I... and then in every other area " "I..." "I don't know what to do." "Dive." "like " "Like into a lake?" "You're standing on the shore and you're afraid lovelorn the sweet and dutiful assistant to Cat Grant. and the choppy sea. you will have become a new person." "And you are scared  to meet that new version of yourself." "we all... and  ...trust me in order to live we must keep daring." "Keep diving." "Yeah." "Thank you Ms. Grant." "You have 12 hours... and 4 seconds." "Tick-tock." "Right." "This thing is like state-of-the-state-of-the-art." "Kind of looks like something my dad might have built in one of his more murdery moments." "We've acquired a partial print from the wreckage." "John Corben." "International assassin for hire." "and the genocide in Corto Maltese." "this is the guy to hire." "But who would want Lena Luthor dead?" "where's Kara?" "Trying to talk Lena out of going through with the renaming ceremony." "Sound likes she's just as stubborn as her brother." "I'll have Agent Danvers on hand." "This Corben doesn't seem like he cares who gets hurt so long as he gets his target." "too." "Don't you think you two should talk?" "you do." "People think we should talk." "What's there to talk about?" "J'onn." "It could kill me." "It could kill Kara." "I would never let it be used like that." "I know you wouldn't." "But what happens when you're not in charge anymore?" "What happens if you get an order from a superior?" "The President herself?" "I can't be a part of what you do." "My brother's serving 32 consecutive life sentences." "I guess I shouldn't be surprised there isn't a bigger turnout." "You're taking an awful risk going ahead with the renaming ceremony with your life in danger." "I won't have a life if I can't make this company into something positive." "All it will be remembered for is Lex's madness." "I want to thank you all for coming." "I'm in the main plaza." "No sign of Corben." "innocent people." "My family owes a debt... but to everyone." "I intend to pay that." "By renaming my company L-Corp we will usher in a new age of cooperation and community." "we will chart a brighter future." "(PEOPLE SCREAMING)" "Go!" "You're late." "There was really bad traffic." "I've got eyes on Corben." "thank God." "Winn!" "Corben took out the southwest retaining column." "he targeted the building's one weak spot." "Just like that perfectly placed shot to take out the Death Star." "Winn." "I need a plan." "the building should hold." "Repair it with what?" "I'm going to fix the building." "go." "I've got this." "(BOTH GRUNTING)" "(SIGHS)" "She did it." "Let her go." "You're gonna let me out of here." "didn't he?" "even rotting in maximum security lockdown." "Now I'm leaving and there's nothing you can do " "Bullet went through-and-through." "But he needs a hospital." "Supergirl." "I had help." "Mr. Kent." "This is exactly the kind of press my company needs after yesterday's attack." "And thank you for including that part about me shooting the guy." "That'll teach Lex to mess with me." "(CHUCKLES)" "He'll be the laughingstock of cell block X." "that's not exactly why I wrote it." "I wrote it because it's the truth." "Ms. Luthor." "I'm sorry." "there's hope yet." "Ms. Danvers?" "I didn't see your name on the byline." "Uh." "I'm not a reporter." "You could have fooled me." "I hope this isn't the last time we talk." "I hope not either." "Okay I made my decision." "Forty-three minutes before the deadline." "This better be good." "(EXHALES)" "I wanna be a reporter." "I can't believe I didn't see it before." "it's about finding hidden truth and sharing it with the world." "It's about service... more comprehensible place." "because it will definitely  push me out of my comfort zone." "This is it for me." "This is  my calling." "Open it." "Is this my resume?" "I had an instinct about you." "So I scribbled... and I hired you on the spot." "You knew even then?" "Mmm-hmm." "How?" "Instincts." "And I guess I saw a little bit of myself in you." "Obviously  not your strip mall wardrobe... but you have integrity to right wrongs and to see justice done." "Kara." "I can see the hero within you." "Now get out and make me proud." "Ms. Grant." "you do  have a really good instinct about other people just letting them know how to live their best lives." "Please." "I'm just glad that you decided to take the plunge." "It's actually good advice for all of us." "You sure you're okay?" "Uh I will be." "Ms. Tessmacher... please." "I..." "I need to make some calls." "what's funny is... by my age I'd be a spinster." "but I don't." "and now... (SIGHS)" "Now it's time I figure out how to be Kara." "You were right James." "Something has changed for me." "that's all I wanted." "But now when I listen to my heart..." "I just I know that we are best as friends." "And we will always be friends." "I was going to go see Clark." "You wanna come?" "No." "Say hi for me." "Okay." "Mr. Schott." "or Director Henshaw." "or Martian Manhunter?" "What's the protocol here?" "Sir" will do just fine." "no " "Winn." "It's good to have you officially on the team." "I was just wondering and this is not a deal-breaker whatsoever but I had a pretty sweet IRA over at Catco." "Does that transfer over here?" "Or " "(KARA LAUGHS) does it?" "Not even a little bit?" "I've never been more offended." "I'm flying home right now." "I'm very proud just to be working beside you." "I was thinking  that I'd stick around for a little while." "Really?" "Yeah." "I didn't realize how nice it was to be around someone like me." "You know just to be with family." "too." "And..." "I know everything there is to know about Krypton from the archives in the Fortress." "But ." "I really like it when you tell me stories about home." "You make it real." "So maybe while I'm here you can tell me some more about my parents." "Of course." "I would love nothing more." "Good." "but there is an armored car robbery on Sixth and Stagg." "up?" "And away." "Mr. Corben." "It's just as well." "All they could do for you there is watch you die." "you have a chance at continued life." "and your ventilator shuts down." "and you'll drift off to whatever afterlife you believe in." "But if I press the green button I can promise you life." "Blink once if you want to live." "Good choice." "Welcome to Cadmus." "John Corben dies today." "Long live Metallo."