Supergirl (TV Series)

Truth or Consequences (2021)

Staz Nair: William Dey

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• William Dey : You had no right using my byline.

  Andrea Rojas : Your name adds veracity. Cache.

  William Dey : This is my reputation! You used my name to validate an unethical story, something you'd see in a gossip rag.

  Andrea Rojas : The journal is the proof that you wanted. Lex is working with Nxyly.

  William Dey : Yes, but this makes them look like a joke. And in doing so, people may forget how dangerous they really are.

  Andrea Rojas : We're taking Lex down. Why does it matter how?

  William Dey : I became a journalist to tell real stories, to report the truth. Your "ends justify the means" excuse makes you just as bad as Lex. You both have no ethical code. I was hoping that you'd wield CatCo's power and influence for good, but instead, your pathological obsession to be number one made you selfish and short-sighted. What's important is what you stand for, what you contribute to make the world a better place. And you, Andrea Rojas, stand for nothing.

• William Dey : [finding Esme hiding under a desk]  Hey, there. What...

  Esme : Shh. I'm playing hide and seek with my mom. Do you see her?

  William Dey : No. I think it's safe to come out.

  Esme : [doing so]  Did you bake something?

  William Dey : I did. Some apple tarts for everyone here at the Tower.

  Esme : I'm at the Tower.

  William Dey : [opening the container]  You are.

  Esme : [taking one]  Thanks.

  William Dey : Of course.

  Esme : My school's having a baking competition. I'm making chocolate roulade, just like you. But Chelsea said it's stupid.

  William Dey : Well, that's not very nice. I think anyone who doesn't like chocolate roulade is a dodo bird. Let me tell you a little secret that I got from my Auntie Bindu in Cochin. That's where I'm from in India. The trick to making really special chocolate is a pinch of cardamom, a touch of tumeric, and a sprinkle of cloves. It's a secret, okay?

• Lex Luthor : We're looking for a girl. She's Dyralian. About yea tall. Cute as a button. Name's Esme.

  William Dey : How do you know her name?

  Lex Luthor : Don't you know by now? I know everything.

• J'onn J'onnz : Lex is building a LexoSuit army?

  William Dey : Apparently, it's a gift to help ingratiate himself with Nxyly and help defeat you guys and get the totems.

  Supergirl : And Otis told you this in an alley?

  William Dey : I convinced him to meet by offering to keep whatever he said on deep background, but he wanted to go on the record. I got the impression that his bromance with Lex is rocky.

  Dreamer : What if Otis spilling the tea is just another one of Lex's tricks?

  Lena Luthor : Then we just use that to our advantage. I can create a data interception program to track Lex through the LexoSuits. We'll know where he is soon.

  Alex Danvers : That's great, Lena.

  Lena Luthor : And listen, I know the timing's not ideal, but I got a call from my friend at Club Rialto, and she said that her VIP suite is available for your bachelorette party if you want it.

  J'onn J'onnz : [Kara gaps excitedly]  Nice.

  Lena Luthor : Tonight.

  Alex Danvers : Tonight? Uh, I...

  Supergirl : Alex! Life is unpredictable. The world is unpredictable. There will always be a threat. You have to seize the joy when you can. Come on. I can keep everyone safe.

  J'onn J'onnz , William Dey , Dreamer : [chanting]  Do it! Do it! Do it!

  Alex Danvers : Oh, my god. Oh, my god, stop. Okay, okay, okay. Let's do it. Let's do it.

• Lena Luthor : [William gets an alert on his phone]  Everything okay, William?

  William Dey : Turn on channel 2.

  Dana : [he turns the TV on]  Y'all are not gonna believe these love poems from billionaire Lex Luthor.

  Derek : "I will make oceans burn. The skies above turn black. We shall rule together, my love, cruel deaths to any who attack." It seems CatCo reporter William Dey has leaked Lex's private journal.

  Dana : How'd he get his hands on it?

  William Dey : [mortified]  I need to go.

  Derek : Who knows? But in it, the Man of Tomorrow professes his love for Nxyly, the Fifth-Dimensional imp...

  Mitch : [watching on his ship]  Hey, they're talking about you.

• William Dey : Now these, my dear Esme, are what "The Great British Bake-Off" would call handshake-worthy. Put her there.

  Esme : [shaking hands]  You make a good assistant baker.

  William Dey : Well, it's an honor to serve. What do you say we do a little bit of cleaning while we wait for these to cool down, yeah? Get your mitties off.

  [giving her her sweater] 

  William Dey : Here you go. Let me help you with that. Here you go. Ooh, now you get your left arm in.

  [a computer alarm sounds that the security system has been disabled] 

  William Dey : Actually, I'll clean up later. How about a little game of hide and seek? Let's see if you can find the best hiding spot you can in J'onn's office. Okay?

  Esme : Challenge accepted.

  William Dey : Good. Go. Hurry.

  [as she leaves, he collects a kitchen knife and, trying to stay hidden, sees Lex and Nxyly get off the elevator] 

  Lex Luthor : [a kitchen timer goes off]  Ah. William Dey. Sounds like your time is up.

• Lex Luthor : [breaking into the Tower looking for Esme]  Where is she?

  William Dey : Not here.

  Nxylgsptinz : [her crystal ball glows]  He lies. Never mind. I'll find her.

  Lex Luthor : So, this is what Supergirl and her chums call their lair.

  [while his back is turned, William takes out his phone and turns on the camera, then hides it on a side table] 

  Lex Luthor : Seems remarkably... underwhelming.

• William Dey : What's your takeaway from today's encounter with Nxyly and Lex?

  J'onn J'onnz : I'd say it's a huge win. They no longer have a ship, no LexoSuit army, and no totems.

  Supergirl : [flying in]  And we also have five totems secured at the Fortress of Solitude, but don't print that.

  Alex Danvers : [coming in with Kelly, Esme, and Lena]  Great job, guys. Lena just filled us in.

  Kelly Olsen : And more importantly, please give a big round of applause to the new school baking champion.

  Supergirl : [Esme holds up her stuffed zebra with a blue ribbon on it]  Hurray!

  William Dey : [high-fiving]  Put her there.

  Lena Luthor : That's a perfect kickoff to the big party tonight.

  Kelly Olsen : About that, our sitter just called out sick with the stomach flu, so you'll only have Alex.

  William Dey : Oh, don't be ridiculous. I'll take care of Esme. She and I have a baker's bond, right?

  Alex Danvers : William, we wanted you at the party.

  William Dey : Please, I'm... I'm happy to help. See it as a part of a wedding gift.

• William Dey : What do you want with Esme?

  Lex Luthor : Mm, not your concern. I assure you, I have her best interests at heart.

  William Dey : I find that hard to believe coming from a man who once burned down part of a children's hospital.

  Lex Luthor : [laughing in amusement]  Touche. So if you won't snitch on Esme's whereabouts, how about the totems? Did your new pals let you in on their secret hiding place?

  William Dey : You're the genius. You figure it out.

  Lex Luthor : [aiming his gun, ready to pull the trigger]  You really had a lot of guts publishing my journal. Care to explain how you came to possess it?

  [William stays silent] 

  Lex Luthor : No?

  [cocking the hammer] 

  Lex Luthor : I just thought you would have known better than to risk inflaming my wrath.

  William Dey : That's the thing you will never understand, Lex. There will always be people like me and the Super Friends to stand up to you and show the world that for all your delusions of grandeur... you're just a sad shell of a man.

  Lex Luthor : Says the paperboy.