Supergirl (TV Series)

A Few Good Women (2021)

Katie McGrath: Lena Luthor

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• Lena Luthor : Let me guess. Now that the trial has turned in Lex's favor, you want me to relinquish my shares and step down from the company so mama's number-one boy can retain his rightful throne.

  Lillian Luthor : On the contrary. I'd like to sell you my shares.

  Lena Luthor : [suspiciously]  Why?

  Lillian Luthor : Because LuthorCorp in your brother's hands is nothing more than a weapon. We both know it. My shares, coupled with yours, would form a majority Lex couldn't outvote no matter how hard he schemed. Think of what you could do with all that power.

  Lena Luthor : You're trying to bribe me.

  Lillian Luthor : Why in the world would I need to bribe my own daughter?

  Lena Luthor : Because you know I'm gonna testify against Lex.

• Lena Luthor : Eve's testimony was the backbone of this case. Now that Lex has completely damaged her credibility, all her evidence is tainted. It's fruit of the poisonous tree. If I don't speak to the brainwashing charges, then he might go free.

  Lillian Luthor : So let him! Your brother nearly threw everything away and revealed his true colors to the world, but through cleverness and sheer force of will, he has convinced the jury that he's a good man framed by an evil woman. That perception is good for the entire family.

  Lena Luthor : The truth is good for the family.

  Lillian Luthor : The truth is you did nothing to stop Lex until it was nearly too late. If you take that stand, you'll have to accept your guilt for every single thing you did by his side. And then the world will not only think Lex is evil, but they'll think you are, too, and the Luthor name will be as good as worthless.

  Lena Luthor : It's time for a Luthor to do some actual good instead of just pretending to. If I have to risk my name to make sure my brother stays behind bars forever, then I will.

  Lillian Luthor : It's not a risk. It's a certainty. Lex won't hesitate to take you down with him. And he knows better than anyone how to get under your skin.

  Lena Luthor : Oh, I'm counting on it.

• Andrea Rojas : So, will you be watching the trial?

  Lena Luthor : Of course. You don't think I'd miss an opportunity for the world to see my brother as he really is?

  Andrea Rojas : Well, what about who you are?

  Lena Luthor : What do you mean?

  Andrea Rojas : Well, you were there with Lex through everything. But you haven't spoken on the record and you haven't been asked to testify. Think of the good it could do if you aired your firsthand experience and asked for forgiveness publicly.

  Lena Luthor : I thought I was coming here to catch up with a friend, but you're lobbying for an interview.

  Andrea Rojas : Oh... please, Lena, I... I screwed up with Obsidian, and CatCo barely survived. It's all I have left, and it's in bad shape. If you go on the record, maybe we can help each other.

  Lena Luthor : I'm sorry for your troubles, I really am, but what happened by Lex's side, I will never speak of publicly. I thought maybe we could talk about it, especially after everything we've been through. But I see now that I was mistaken because, as ever, you're always putting yourself first.

  [putting her drink down] 

  Lena Luthor : Keep the Scotch.

• Lex Luthor : Ms. Tessmacher's testimony has been thrown out and the murder charges have been dropped, so perhaps we should be getting to closing arguments.

  Judge : If there's no objection.

  Prosecutor : Uh, actually, Your Honor, the People would like to call one more witness.

  Lex Luthor : What could one more witness possibly testify to?

  Lena Luthor : [entering]  Everything else.

• Lex Luthor : I was filing patents when you were in diapers. Why would I waste my time workshopping your faulty science fair project?

  Lena Luthor : Because your little sister had created something that you needed. Something that you could never have come up with on your own.

  Lex Luthor : You've never done anything on your own. You've always needed me.

  Prosecutor : Objection.

  Lena Luthor : You can't stand that I don't need you anymore.

  Judge : [hammering her gavel]  Sustained.

  Lex Luthor : Without me, your precious Non Nocere would have never gotten off the ground.

  Lena Luthor : And so you think you can just take credit for my work?

  Lex Luthor : You're damn right I can! I have always taken the big swings that you never would. But I supported you because you're a Luthor. I kept you by my side when you were too timid and weak to do what was necessary.

  [turning to the jury] 

  Lex Luthor : It takes guts to wield power. And I wield my power to make the world better. So did I help develop Non Nocere? Yes. And yes, Non Nocere failed. Boo-hoo, it happens. But instead of accepting that humbly, my sister blames me for it. It's no surprise that this entire case has fallen apart when every single charge hinges on the unsubstantiated hearsay of bitter women like my sister and Eve. Women who, mind you, could have committed these crimes themselves, as could any number of other suspects that the prosecutor has overlooked in her obsession with targeting me, and why? Because I am powerful! So let that be a lesson to you all. If you try to build a good life for yourself, there is always somebody waiting to tear you down and punish you for your greatness. But I accept who I am. I like power, and I have the guts to do something with it. I did not commit the crimes of which I stand accused. But if I had, who could blame me? If push came to shove, you'd have done it. The defense rests.

• Lena Luthor : Non nocere. It's "to do no harm." I mean, that was always my intention. To make the world a better place, to inhibit our desires to hurt each other emotionally and physically. But Lex corrupted my technology to turn every Obsidian user into his own mindless followers, essentially brainwashing them.

  Prosecutor : To what end?

  Lena Luthor : To get away with murder.

• Judge : Something funny, Mr. Luthor?

  Lex Luthor : Mmm. Not funny. Hilarious. My sister can couch her project in flowery language, "make the world a better place", but put plainly, she created a tool to brainwash the masses. Isn't that right, sis?

  Lena Luthor : Yes, I did. But I wasn't the one with the motive to use it that way.

  Lex Luthor : Well, it's your word against mine on that. On... well, pretty much all of it, for that matter. Now, by your own admission, you yourself would have had both the means and the opportunity to commit the brainwashing of which I stand accused, would you not?

  Lena Luthor : No. Because in the trial phase, it became clear that Non Nocere was irreparably flawed. I abandoned it.

  Lex Luthor : But then how could I have possibly used your creation to brainwash anybody if it didn't really work?

  Lena Luthor : I said it was flawed. Not that didn't work.

• Andrea Rojas : So much for not speaking about Lex publicly, huh? I owe you an apology. I was behaving selfishly earlier. You saved my life. I shouldn't have tried to use you.

  Lena Luthor : [accepting a bottle of wine]  And I shouldn't have jumped down your throat. It was hypocritical. I'm intimately aware of how difficult it is to make amends.

  Andrea Rojas : Well, you did it in style, coming forward despite the difficulty. Honestly, I wish I was brave enough to confront my father like that.

  Lena Luthor : By giving him a platform to grandstand that backfires so disastrously that the D.A. ends up investigating you instead?

  Andrea Rojas : By using his own strategies against him. You pushed Lex right where you wanted him. No one could have expected the jury to sympathize. We'll keep going after Lex with everything CatCo's got.

  Lena Luthor : I will, too. And if the justice system doesn't stop him, then I will.

  Andrea Rojas : Well, I'll drink to that.