Supergirl (TV Series)

Dream Weaver (2021)

Melissa Benoist: Kara Danvers, Supergirl

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• J'onn J'onnz : I've been monitoring the NCPD scanners about a series of truck robberies. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until now.

  Supergirl : [seeing a big rig container is torn open]  Was this a Metalomite?

  J'onn J'onnz : They can bend any metal just by using their minds. If there's one on the loose, we'll have to take care of it together.

  Supergirl : Yeah.

  [spotting a gooey substance] 

  Supergirl : That's not from a Metalomite.

  [J'onn collects a sample] 

  Supergirl : A residue that turns things invisible?

  J'onn J'onnz : It's an Obscuran.

  Supergirl : Since when do Obscurans and Metalomites work together?

  J'onn J'onnz : Maybe what they're stealing is enough to put away their differences.

  [collecting the truck's packing list] 

  J'onn J'onnz : So far, they've stolen computer boards, motor oil, steel casing.

  Supergirl : And from this truck?

  J'onn J'onnz : Ammonium nitrate.

  Supergirl : They're building a bomb.

• Andrea Rojas : What do the Super Friends do for fun? I mean, do they even have fun? I want you three to find out.

  William Dey : Andrea, it's not like there's a Super Friends hotline we can call.

  Andrea Rojas : Well, then do whatever you have to. Stalk them. Project a big "S" in the night sky. Jump off a bridge so one of them has to catch you. Then interview them on your way down. I don't care how you do it, just do it.

  Kara Danvers : Well, I... I can't speak for Supergirl, but I'm sure she's too busy saving people with real emergencies to do a celebrity puff piece.

  Nia Nal : And I heard that they don't even like giving interviews.

  Andrea Rojas : Well, are you forgetting our exclusive with Dreamer? And how about your tete-a-tete with Supergirl during my press tour for Obsidian Platinum, hmm?

  William Dey : I had assured her that our conversations were off the record.

  Andrea Rojas : Well, then get her on the record. Every time we have a Super Friend interview, CatCo Media tracker skyrockets.

  [as she talks, Nia accidentally dozes off] 

  Andrea Rojas : We're at number three. We need to be number one.

  [noticing Nia snoring] 

  Andrea Rojas : Did she fall asleep?

  Kara Danvers : [gently shaking her awake]  Nia.

  Nia Nal : Huh?

  [regaining her bearings] 

  Nia Nal : Andrea, I am so sorry.

  Andrea Rojas : Sleep on your own time, not mine. Go home. You're taking a mental health day.

  [to William and Kara] 

  Andrea Rojas : Now, you two, you have 24 hours to get me an interview with a Super Friend. Ideally, Supergirl. Fail and you'll find yourself writing classified ads and obits.

• William Dey : Back in London, I once dressed up as a pizza delivery guy to bluff my way into 10 Downing Street to interview the prime minister.

  Kara Danvers : Did it work?

  William Dey : No. All I got were a dozen pizzas with extra cheese.

  J'onn J'onnz : [calling on her comms]  Supergirl, I need your help.

  Kara Danvers : [as quietly as she can]  I'm on my way.

  William Dey : On your way where?

  Kara Danvers : [covering]  To... go pound the pavement.

• J'onn J'onnz : So, Kelly, how's the social work job going?

  Kelly Olsen : Oh, I love it. Uh, but it can be pretty intense. I actually have a new case tomorrow, with a ten-year-old alien orphan with EMP powers. His only family is a brother in prison.

  Kara Danvers : That is heartbreaking.

  Alex Danvers : Well, if anybody can help him, it's you, babe, 'cause empathy is your superpower.

  Kelly Olsen : Aw, that's really cute.

  Nia Nal : Okay, can you please be a little... just a little more adorkable?

  Alex Danvers : I don't think so.

• Kara Danvers : And... go.

  Kelly Olsen : Okay. She should be queen.

  Alex Danvers : Uh, Meghan Markle.

  Kelly Olsen : Yep. Um... Okay. Uh, pizza, moon, amore.

  Alex Danvers : Dean Martin.

  Kelly Olsen : Yes.

  Kara Danvers : Easy.

  Kelly Olsen : Um... typewriters?

  Alex Danvers : Tom Hanks?

  Kelly Olsen : Yes, babe! God, you're so good at this.

  Kara Danvers : What in the world?

  J'onn J'onnz : Cheating. This is cheating.

• Kara Danvers : You okay?

  Nia Nal : Yeah. It's just, um, with Brainy taking Zor-El back to Argo, I guess I haven't been sleeping that well.

  J'onn J'onnz : Well, maybe Lena could team up with me when she gets here.

  Kara Danvers : No, she's still back east, looking for information about her birth mother. I really hope whatever she finds brings her some peace.

  Alex Danvers : Right? You know, she's really had a rough go with the Luthor side of the family.

  J'onn J'onnz : That is putting it mildly.

• Warden Wyatt Kote : I don't believe it.

  Kara Danvers : I'm sorry, but there is corruption in the Second Chances program.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : The idea that anyone would abuse the workers like that, it's unconscionable.

  Kara Danvers : That is why we have to figure out who could have infiltrated the program.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : And I'm telling you that that's impossible. I personally put strict safeguards in place.

  Kara Danvers : Look, I know this is hard, but this is so much more than just a series of truck robberies. Whoever's orchestrating this is building a dirty bomb.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : Where did you hear that?

  Kara Danvers : Supergirl told me. That's why you needed to know the truth. I wanna give you the chance to go on the record.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : You can't write this story. Without proof, they'll shut my program down. Don't let the actions of a small group of criminals ruin the good we're doing.

  Kara Danvers : Warden, I...

  Warden Wyatt Kote : Kara, I promise you that I will do a full internal investigation once the alien escapees have been captured, and once Officer Chapman is found safe.

  Kara Danvers : I don't understand why you can't just see the truth.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : [aggressively]  You just need to drop this!

  [calming down] 

  Warden Wyatt Kote : I'm sorry. This is just a very tense situation involving dangerous alien criminals. You can do a story after this all turns out to just be a misunderstanding.

• Kelly Olsen : You sure this gonna work?

  Kara Danvers : You do remember I'm Supergirl?

  Kelly Olsen : [approaching a prison guard]  Hi. Uh, Kara Danvers and Kelly Olsen to see Orlando Davis.

  Office Pohl : Okay.

  [Kara surreptitiously uses her heat vision on the guard's coffee mug, which spills out onto a report] 

  Office Pohl : Jeez. One moment.

  [as she leaves, Kara speeds around to the computer, then speeds back] 

  Office Pohl : [returning with a paper towel to clean up the mess]  Sorry. What was that name again?

  Kara Danvers : Uh, you know what? Actually, we made a mistake. Uh, thanks, but we're gonna come back another time.

  Office Pohl : Okay.

  Kelly Olsen : [leaving]  What's wrong?

  Kara Danvers : Orlando is already on his way to his job.

• J'onn J'onnz : According to the manifest, that truck was carrying over 5,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate.

  Supergirl : That much explosive could level a 50-story building.

  Alex Danvers : Well, we can use the residue that we found to track the Obscuran energy signature and, hopefully, the bombmakers.

  [Kelly enters] 

  Alex Danvers : Hey. Are you okay?

  Kelly Olsen : The alien orphan Joey that I was telling you about?

  Alex Danvers : Yeah.

  Kelly Olsen : I'm worried. The poor kid's been acting out because he believes his brother is overusing his EMP powers at his work-release program at the Van Kull Prison.

  Supergirl : You mean the Second Chances program? I did an article on that when it first started.

  Kelly Olsen : That's why I'm here. Joey says that if his brother Orlando uses his powers too much, he could die.

  Supergirl : When I interviewed the warden, the program seemed amazing. They contracted with a clothing manufacturer to give jobs to incarcerated workers. From what I saw, they were treated really well.

  Alex Danvers : So, if Orlando's making clothing, then why would he need to use his EMP powers? Is it because he's being forced to? Or maybe he's using them for some self-serving purpose?

  Kelly Olsen : Either way, something bad is happening to Orlando, and it's affecting Joey. I need to find out. Can you help me get in to talk to the warden?

  Supergirl : Yeah, of course. Can you guys handle the truck robberies?

  J'onn J'onnz : Sure. If we discover something, we'll call.

• Warden Wyatt Kote : The whereabouts of the five alien workers are unknown at this time, but we believe that while they were making their escape, they kidnapped Van Kull officer Larry Chapman.

  Supergirl : [watching on TV at the Tower]  That officer held them at gunpoint.

  Kelly Olsen : We need to find them.

  Alex Danvers : Well, it's obvious someone has infiltrated the prison program and is using Orlando and the other workers for their alien powers.

  J'onn J'onnz : Exactly. So, we have a Metalomite who can warp metal, a Toradine who creates force fields, an Obscuran who has cloaking abilities, and a Dynamorph who can unleash energy blasts.

  Supergirl : And Orlando is a Zeltarian who can produce EMPs.

  Kelly Olsen : I promised Joey I'd help, and all I did was put his brother in danger.

  Supergirl : They were threatened. I should have been able to save them.

  J'onn J'onnz : The only people to blame are those behind all this.

  Alex Danvers : Well, whoever they are, if they're dead set on getting their hands on a dirty bomb, then they're bound to target other sources of uranium.

  Supergirl : Well, we can't let that happen, or they'd have enough material to make 20 bombs.

  J'onn J'onnz : Contaminate the whole city. We can start by following all five alien energy signatures.

  Alex Danvers : Right now, there's no trace of 'em. I mean, they must be shielded somehow. I'll... I don't know, I'll look for ways around it.

  Supergirl : While you do that, I'm gonna head back to the prison. Warden Kote needs to know the truth.

• Kara Danvers : Hi, warden. Thank you so much for seeing us.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : Always a pleasure to see CatCo's star reporter and her friend. What can I do for you today?

  Kelly Olsen : Uh, we're here about the prison's Second Chances program.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : There's nothing I enjoy talking about more. We're literally changing lives. Thanks in no small part to you, Ms. Danvers. Since your article came out, donors and corporate sponsors have been beating down our door.

  Kelly Olsen : That's great. Most people just see prison as a place to punish people.

  Kara Danvers : They see the crime and not the person.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : Not us. We respect our workers. We teach them new skills, which helps them re-enter society as valuable and productive members.

  Kara Danvers : Which is why I was worried when I heard from Kelly. Uh, she has a young client who has a brother in the program. There might be a problem.

  Kelly Olsen : Yeah, he's worried his brother is being injured by overusing his EMP powers on the job.

  Kara Danvers : We don't know if he's a victim or an instigator.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : I can't imagine a scenario where either one of those is true.

  Kara Danvers : So there have been no incidents involving EMP powers?

  Warden Wyatt Kote : All aliens are continually monitored on the work site, and if anyone had used their powers, I would know about it. What's the worker's name?

  Kara Danvers : Orlando Davis.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : Well, I promise you, I'll check into it. And if there's anything to the boy's concerns, I'll take care of it.

  Kelly Olsen : Could we see Orlando? I would love to tell Joey that we did.

  Warden Wyatt Kote : I'm sorry. All visits need to be requested two weeks in advance. In your next article, you could shed some light on all the bureaucratic red tape around here.

• Kelly Olsen : Oh, there's Orlando. For someone having all of the opportunities the warden touted, he doesn't look very happy.

  Kara Danvers : No, he doesn't. Good thing I can fly.

• Supergirl : J'onn?

  J'onn J'onnz : I tracked the Obscuran energy signature to this spot. Chances are the Metalomite is there, too.

  Supergirl : And a Toradine and a Dynamorph. That van just pulled those incarcerated aliens from a work-release site. And one of them is the brother of the orphan Kelly was telling us about.

  J'onn J'onnz : Why would they be here?

  Orlando Davis : [Kara hears them with her super-hearing]  It's crazy doing this in daylight.

  Officer Chapman : It's what the boss wants. Anyone tries to stop us, you boys can stop them.

  Orlando Davis : No. No, you can make us steal, but we don't hurt people.

  Officer Chapman : You do as you're told, or the one getting hurt is you.

  Supergirl : They're being forced to steal against their will.

  J'onn J'onnz : [watching them break open another big rig container]  They're building a dirty nuke.

• Alex Danvers : You were right, Kara. I searched all known Intergang hideouts. Picked up an energy signature.

  J'onn J'onnz : They must be using it to conceal Orlando and the other aliens.

  Supergirl : That's their van.

• Officer Chapman : Listen up. After tonight, your services will no longer be needed. I'll deactivate your power-dampening cuffs, and you'll be free.

  Orlando Davis : You're just gonna let us go?

  Officer Chapman : You have my word. Okay, time to move out.

  J'onn J'onnz : [appearing with Supergirl]  No one's going anywhere.

  Supergirl : [after a brief skirmish, Chapman raises his gun at her]  You heard the man.

• William Dey : Tonight, Van Kull prison warden Wyatt Kote and others were arrested in connection with an alleged plot to use aliens in the prison's work-release program to commit crimes for the notorious Intergang mob syndicate. Here with me to discuss it is Supergirl. Thank you for joining us. If these allegations are true, how could something like this happen?

  Supergirl : Well, clearly, the system is broken when those in power are allowed to abuse that power entrusted to them. And I'm angry that criminals were allowed to infiltrate a worthwhile program like Second Chances, but I'm glad that it will continue with new oversight.

  William Dey : And what do you think should be done with the alien workers?

  Supergirl : They should be shown leniency.

  Andrea Rojas : [muting the television]  Now, that's the kind of reporting I'd like to see. Great job, William. Kara, you should take a page out of William's book. Okay. Everybody, back to work.

  William Dey : [leaving]  Just so you know, Supergirl came to me at the scene. It was dumb luck I was the one.

  Kara Danvers : I'm glad you were there.

  William Dey : Well, Andrea is happy.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah, but she still doesn't get it. I mean, this is so much more than an interview with Supergirl. This is about telling the public the truth about issues that matter.

  William Dey : Well, we shined a light on what was happening at the prison, we exposed the abuse, and we stopped an Intergang crime spree.

  Kara Danvers : Well, what about the abuse that's happening in other places?

  William Dey : We will root them out and report on them, too.

  Kara Danvers : When? In between our stories about the Super Friends' favorite hobbies?

  William Dey : Okay, don't hate me for saying this, but I think Andrea has a point. When Supergirl speaks, people listen. If an interview with her could make people hear the message... I'm all for it.

• Kara Danvers : So, from what I see, there is no way the warden could afford a luxury beach house, luxury cars, and first-class travel on his prison salary.

  William Dey : No, but he could by having a secret offshore account in the Caymans. My buddy in the CIA just sent me these.

  Kara Danvers : [giving the documents a glance]  I mean, he's been depositing large sums of money on a regular basis. Well, I guess what they say is true; follow the money.

  William Dey : I'm sorry, Kara. When you wrote your article on the work-release program, I remember how highly you thought of him and what he was trying to accomplish.

  Kara Danvers : Yeah, well, I was a fool for believing in him.

  William Dey : It's not your fault he's corrupt. Power can bring out the best in some people, and the worst in others. Look, there's very little oversight for private, for-profit prisons. I'm sure that made it easier for the warden to become vulnerable to outside influences. The question is, who's doing the influencing?

  Kara Danvers : The prison contracted Summerlin Industries for the work-release program. I traced it through two dozen different subsidiaries and tax ID numbers.

  William Dey : Yeah, no doubt shell companies.

  Kara Danvers : Mmm. The trail dead-ends with an LLC registered in Panama under the name Cypress Holdings.

  William Dey : I know that name.

  [sitting down at his laptop] 

  William Dey : Yes. I was looking into Cypress Holdings while you were away with Cat Grant. I had good reason to suspect it had ties to Mob boss Bruno Mannheim's Intergang, but never could prove a direct link.

  Kara Danvers : That's it. Cypress Holdings is a front for Intergang. William, you're brilliant. I gotta go. Thank you.

• Orlando Davis : You want to take us back... to explain, to make it all okay? You don't get it. The system doesn't care. It never has and it never will.

  Supergirl : You're right. I don't know what will happen. But I do know that if you decide to go on the run... that system will never stop hunting you. You will never know a moment's peace, and neither will Joey.

  Orlando Davis : What do you know about my brother?

  Supergirl : That you have shared hardships, that you love and need each other.

  Orlando Davis : I begged Social Services for help... but they didn't listen. And who's gonna rent a place to a guy making minimum wage? So I tried to rob a store. When you're desperate, you'll do anything. In prison, I believed what they said... that the work-release program would be the answer to Joey and me being together again. It turned out to be another lie. Face it, okay? No one wants to help people like me. People like them.

  Supergirl : I'm an alien on this planet, too. I've seen how hard life can be for the people that the system isn't designed for, how that system can fail those less fortunate. But I promise you, if you come with me, I will do everything in my power to make sure your voices are heard. Please.

  Orlando Davis : Please... don't let us down.

  Supergirl : I won't.

• William Dey : What are you working on?

  Kara Danvers : I'm trying to find out as much as I can about Warden Kote at Van Kull Prison. Hey, your friend doesn't still work for the CIA, do they?

  William Dey : Yeah. Why? You looking for a deep dive on the warden?

  Kara Danvers : Would you mind asking?

  William Dey : Sure. Happy to help.

  Andrea Rojas : [approaching]  Oh, good. Then help me understand this. I gave you two an assignment. Get me an interview with one of the Super Friends. Now, two of them were at the same place at the same time, and where were you? Not there.

  William Dey : Andrea, we can actually explain...

  Andrea Rojas : No, no, no. I don't want to hear your excuses. Not only did you miss a golden opportunity to get me what I want, but CatCo was scooped by every other news outlet. I can't bring myself to look at our media tracker ratings after this.

  Kara Danvers : Who cares about the ratings?

  Andrea Rojas : What?

  Kara Danvers : I... uh... you keep saying you want CatCo to be *the* most trusted source of news in National City.

  Andrea Rojas : Yes. Of course I do. Our readers need hard-hitting and truthful reporting now more than ever.

  Kara Danvers : Then let us do our job, instead of making us chase the Super Friends around. They aren't the story.

  Andrea Rojas : For any of us to do our job, CatCo needs eyeballs, and the Super Friends can get them for us. The more we have, the better our ratings, the better our bottom line. And that's the reality. I suggest you remember that. Now, back to work.