Supergirl (TV Series)

Blood Memory (2019)

Hannah James: Maeve Nal

Photos 

Quotes 

• Maeve Nal : [after their mother dies]  It's my fault. I should have gotten the powers by now, Nia. It doesn't make sense. I mean, maybe... maybe I'm doing something wrong.

  Nia Nal : Of course you're not doing anything wrong.

  Maeve Nal : I must be. If I had the powers, I would have dreamed mom was in danger. I could have prevented it.

  Nia Nal : Even if you had a dream, you don't know if you could have interpreted it...

  Maeve Nal : Of course I could have. I'm fluent in dream interpretation. I would have been forewarned about mom, I would have... I would have saved her.

• Maeve Nal : In Parthas, when someone passes, we wear white to honor the light in each of us. Humans and aliens alike. Anyone who met my mom knows her light was blinding. I'm so lucky I got to bask in it every single day. And I'm so lucky to follow in her footsteps, continue her work, carry on her legacy...

  Nia Nal : [a vision flashes]  Maeve, watch out!

  [she pushes Maeve out of the way just as a Child of Liberty smashes through the wall] 

• Maeve Nal : You knew that ax was going to hit the podium. You have the powers.

  Nia Nal : I can explain.

  Maeve Nal : Don't touch me.

• Nia Nal : Maeve, I swear I was gonna tell you.

  Maeve Nal : Really? When?

  Nia Nal : After the memorial service.

  Maeve Nal : You knew for months. For months, you let me go on about how upset I was that the powers hadn't kicked in yet. You let me humiliate myself, think I was future blind...

  Nia Nal : No, no. I-It wasn't like that. I was trying to transfer the powers to you somehow.

  Maeve Nal : Right. How did you, of all people, get the powers? They're supposed to be passed down from mother to daughter. So how did someone like you get them? You're not even a real woman.

• Isabel Nal : [Nia enters the house]  You look famished.

  Paul Nal : She looks lovely. As always.

  Nia Nal : Hi.

  Maeve Nal : And chic. Who is this city girl?

  Nia Nal : Hi!

  Maeve Nal : What has she done with my sister?

  Nia Nal : Uh, Maeve, mom, dad, I want you to meet my friend and boss, Kara Danvers.

  Kara Danvers : Nice to meet you.

  Isabel Nal : Kara, we're so delighted you came.

  Kara Danvers : Your home is beautiful.

• Paul Nal : Kara, do you like radishes?

  Kara Danvers : Uh... yeah.

  Paul Nal : Isabel's radishes are legendary.

  Isabel Nal : [downplaying]  Okay. Okay.

  Paul Nal : And the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

  Maeve Nal : [a little embarrassed]  Oh.

  Paul Nal : Maeve's got all her mom's gifts. Look at her orchids.

  Maeve Nal : Mom's a natural. I have labored to memorize the 30,000 species of orchids.

  Isabel Nal : Sweetheart, you have been a prodigy since you were in diapers.

  Maeve Nal : More like your protégé since I was in diapers.

• Paul Nal : You know, I can't believe our Nia works at CatCo. You've read Cat's book how many times?

  Nia Nal : [wincing in embarrassment]  Fourteen.

  Kara Danvers : [surprised]  Really?

  Maeve Nal : [the family laughs]  Oh! More like 40.

• Isabel Nal : It was always Nia's dream to be a journalist. To be in the center of things, to effect change.

  Maeve Nal : Some of us actually like it far from the madding crowd.

  Kara Danvers : So you live here in Parthas?

  Maeve Nal : I live just down the street. I apprentice with mom, and I own a painting studio.

  Kara Danvers : I've been staring at these paintings all day.

  [Maeve snickers] 

  Kara Danvers : Are they yours?

  Maeve Nal : They're mom's. She paints her dreams. So will I, once my dreams finally kick in.

  Isabel Nal : You can't rush things, honey.

• Maeve Nal : Has Nia told you about our strange family legacy, Kara? The otherworldly dreaming powers?

  Kara Danvers : She's mentioned it.

  Maeve Nal : Dreaming the future is passed down on the matrilineal line. One woman from every generation inherits the gift.

  Kara Danvers : Just one?

  Maeve Nal : Yeah. Just one. Unless, of course, she's cursed with future blindness. In which case it skips a generation.

  Isabel Nal : That's not gonna happen, Maeve. I told you, when I was pregnant with you, I dreamt that my daughter would have the gift. Just give it time.

• Maeve Nal : I never thought I'd be quoted in CatCo.

  Kara Danvers : So, tell me what's it like to live in Parthas.

  Maeve Nal : Most people in Parthas never leave. Nia's one of the few. She's fearless. I've always been envious of that.

  Kara Danvers : We all have our own gifts.

  Maeve Nal : My mom chose to use her gifts to nurture this town. But my grandmother, on Naltor, she was the hero of the planet. Like Supergirl. When my powers kick in, I want to be that kind of hero.

  Kara Danvers : Well, I think maybe being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be.

• Kara Danvers : Children of Liberty? Here?

  Maeve Nal : Every year at Harvest Fest, jerks from neighboring towns come and protest. They hate humans and aliens mixing. When you have something good, there's always gonna be people who want to tear it down. Don't worry, the citizens of Parthas can take care of themselves.