Supergirl (TV Series)

Crime and Punishment (2019)

Willie Garson: Steve Lomeli

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• [last lines] 

  Steve Lomeli : [hands over surreptitiously]  Lex's hard drive. Everything that was on the computer in that secret room.

  Kara Danvers : Thank you, Steve.

  Steve Lomeli : I'm just grateful that you're bringing him to justice.

  Kara Danvers : I'm grateful I have the tools to do it. Nothing more powerful in the pursuit of justice than the power of the press.

  Steve Lomeli : What do they say? The pen is mightier than the sword.

  Kara Danvers : Maybe even mightier than a cape.

• Supergirl : Hey, there. Neighbor to the infamous Lex Luthor, huh?

  Steve Lomeli : [sarcastic]  Oh, yeah, it was a true privilege.

  Supergirl : I mean, you have a great view. See anything suspicious the last few weeks?

  Steve Lomeli : Everything Lex did was suspicious. And let me guess, now you want me to rat him out to his archnemesis?

  Supergirl : Think of how good that will feel. To help finally bring him to justice.

  Steve Lomeli : You expect me to trust you? You are literally a traitor. But what do you care, right? Waltzing in here and putting a target on all our backs.

  Supergirl : Excuse me?

• Steve Lomeli : The entire country is itching to nuke you. And when they do, guess who else gets nuked?

  Supergirl : No, they wouldn't do that.

  Steve Lomeli : They want to. Nobody cares about the little people. Even if we're fighting for justice by, say, releasing classified documents about illegal drone warfare.

  Supergirl : [recognizing him]  Wait. You're Steve Lomeli. You stole all that data from the DOD.

  Steve Lomeli : I exposed the truth. And I paid for it with my freedom. Because, unlike you, I'm not above the law.

  Supergirl : That's ridiculous. I...

  Steve Lomeli : Oh, really? How many times has your unilateral bull-in-a-china-shop approach destroyed exculpatory evidence? The term for someone like you is "malignant narcissist".

  Supergirl : I help people.

  Steve Lomeli : Oh, no, you don't. Everything you touch, you ruin.

• Steve Lomeli : Don't move.

  Kara Danvers : I'm just a reporter.

  Steve Lomeli : Really? For whom?

  Kara Danvers : For CatCo magazine. Wait, my name is Kara Danvers.

  Steve Lomeli : Kara Danvers?

  [shooing his fellow inmate into releasing her] 

  Steve Lomeli : What are you doing? This is Kara Danvers, the journalist. The-the one who writes that "Aliens of National City" column that I read to you. And-and most of the other good stuff in CatCo, too.

  Kara Danvers : Oh, thanks.

• Steve Lomeli : Sorry about the shiv. But when a riot breaks out in the block, you never know who you're gonna run into.

  [offering a handshake] 

  Steve Lomeli : Steve Lomeli. Editor of Stryker's one and only newsletter. The not-so-free press.

  Kara Danvers : It's nice to meet another member of the fourth estate.

  Steve Lomeli : Pleasure's mine.

• Steve Lomeli : So, tell us, what brings you to Stryker's? Off the record, of course.

  Kara Danvers : Uh... I'm actually... I'm writing a piece about Lex Luthor. You wouldn't happen to know anything about him, would you?

  Steve Lomeli : You know, you're the second person today to ask me about that psycho.

  Kara Danvers : [feigning ignorance]  Huh.

  Steve Lomeli : Truth is, my cell is right across from his. I could tell you some things. Uh, deep background, of course.

  Kara Danvers : Of course.

• Platoon Captain : Supergirl, this is the National Guard. Come out or we're coming in. Anyone in our way will be shot.

  Kara Danvers : That's crazy. They can't just come in here shooting when there's pratically a riot going on?

  Steve Lomeli : You think the National Guard gives a hoot about a bunch of convicts?

  Platoon Captain : We are making our breach in five seconds. Lay down flat on the floor...

  Steve Lomeli : Come on, we better get down.

  Platoon Captain : ...hands behind your back.

  Kara Danvers : Uh, I-I have to go.

  Platoon Captain : Five!

  Steve Lomeli : Go? Are you crazy?

• Kara Danvers : Thank you for meeting with me.

  Steve Lomeli : Ah! What an honor to be interviewed by Kara Danvers. Just make sure it stays off the record, okay?

  Kara Danvers : Oh, deep, deep background, I promise.

  Steve Lomeli : It's a shame, uh, Lex's secret prison lab was destroyed by that Otis Graves. But since there's no such thing as a secure wi-fi network with me in the building...